Registered charity · London
Crisis UK
4. OBJECTS4.1 The only objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to:4.1.1 Relieve people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless including through:(a) the provision and evaluation of services to such people...
- 14 trustees
- Income £67m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alastair John WilsonTrustee · since 2024
- Alison WallaceTrustee · since 2019
- Charlotte BatesTrustee · since 2023
- Ezechi BrittonTrustee · since 2023
- Geeta NandaTrustee · since 2024
- Janet OldfieldTrustee · since 2026
- Joanna PennTrustee · since 2025
- Kathleen PalmerTrustee · since 2023
- Kirsty Joan MacdonaldTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew SandersTrustee · since 2025
- Sapna DuttaTrustee · since 2023
- Sem MoemaTrustee · since 2025
- Tristia HarrisonTrustee · since 2020
- Waqar AhmedTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.crisis.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Crisis UK
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£67m£68m
- 2024£66m£65m
- 2023£65m£67m
Earlier years
- 2022£65m£66m
- 2021£65m£59m
Charitable objects
4. OBJECTS4.1 The only objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to:4.1.1 Relieve people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless including through:(a) the provision and evaluation of services to such people which directly or indirectly prevent, relieve, reduce or end their homelessness in a sustainable way; and(b) undertaking, publishing and promoting research relating to homelessness and associated matters.4.1.2 Advance any other ancillary charitable purpose in such way as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit(“the Objects”).4.2 Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Alastair John Wilson since 2024
- Alison Wallace since 2019
- Charlotte Bates since 2023
- Ezechi Britton since 2023
- Geeta Nanda since 2024
- Janet Oldfield since 2026
- Joanna Penn since 2025
- Kathleen Palmer since 2023
- Kirsty Joan Macdonald since 2026
- Matthew Sanders since 2025
- Sapna Dutta since 2023
- Sem Moema since 2025
- Tristia Harrison since 2020
- Waqar Ahmed since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Wallace since 2019
- Tristia Harrison since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alison Wallace since 2019
- Charlotte Bates since 2023
- Ezechi Britton since 2023
- Geeta Nanda since 2024
- Janet Oldfield since 2026
- Joanna Penn since 2025
- Matthew Sanders since 2025
- Sapna Dutta since 2023
- Sem Moema since 2025
- Tristia Harrison since 2020
- Waqar Ahmed since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Alastair John Wilson since 2024
- Kathleen Palmer since 2023
- Kirsty Joan Macdonald since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 5.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1082947
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JUNE 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2000, 17TH JUNE 2002, 19 NOVEMBER 2007 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2008 as amended on 01 Jan 1901 as amended on 03 Dec 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 04024938 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300 636 1967 · enquiries@crisis.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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