Childnet

Registered charity 1080173 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Karl Peter Hopwood Chair
Julian Coles since 2015
Kevin Nigel Franklin since 2022
ROB Wright since 2012
Victoria Hordern since 2020

8.8y median 8.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Julian Coles since 2015
ROB Wright since 2012
Victoria Hordern since 2020

11.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Karl Peter Hopwood Chair
Julian Coles since 2015
Kevin Nigel Franklin since 2022
ROB Wright since 2012
Victoria Hordern since 2020

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 27Business services 16Education 8

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£739k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

13 from 18 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Ladybirds Playgroup (Ticehurst) Similar size; both Education
The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School Similar size; both Education
Global Entrepreneurship Research Association Similar size; both Education
Shadwell Childcare Limited Similar size; both Education
The Angela Webster Education Trust Similar size; both Education
Alverbridge Nursery Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.childnet.com
Email	info@childnet.com
Phone	02076396967
Address	CHILDNET, UNIT 14, BROCKLEY CROSS BUSINESS CENTRE, 96 ENDWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PD

Finances

£738,877 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£959,538	£940,226
2022	£1,151,313	£1,076,068
2023	£1,070,298	£1,029,413
2024	£891,028	£1,022,972
2025	£738,877	£776,151

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN ALL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOFTWARE FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN; (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN AND BY THE USE OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; (3) TO PROTECT THE MORAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY THE PROMOTION OF MEASURES DIRECTED TO PREVENT THEIR EXPOSURE TO RACIST PORNOGRAPHIC OBSCENE OR OTHER HARMFUL ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AND TELEVISUAL MATERIAL AND (4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 28 MARCH 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION D DATED 17 JULY 2008

Trustees (5)

5trustees

56median age

1aged 70+

Karl Peter Hopwoodage band 55-59 Chair
Julian Colesage band 70-74 since 2015
Kevin Nigel Franklinage band 60-64 since 2022
ROB Wright since 2012
Victoria Hordernage band 45-49 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

Childnet · 03958416 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/03/2000

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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