The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Toybox Charity

Registered charity 1084243 Registered since 2000

Operates: Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Nepal, Sierra Leone

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Professional services 11Property 2Retail and trade 2

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£2.0m latest income
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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.4 in 2021

11 from 13 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.toybox.org.uk
Emailinfo@toybox.org
Phone01908360050
AddressChallenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DP

Finances

£2,027,957 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,964,078£1,839,952
2022£2,111,757£1,996,876
2023£1,967,369£2,188,272
2024£2,192,548£2,165,520
2025£2,027,957£2,362,480

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. The prevention and relief of poverty anywhere in the world in particular but not exclusively by: a) Providing support for street living and working children, including access to education and healthcareb) Providing support for vulnerable families as to encourage a stable and caring family life and prevent children being forced onto the streets2. The promotion of the rights of the child, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations, by any means the Trustees in their absolute discretion choose and in particular by raising awareness as to the needs of street living and working children, and advocacy as to how those needs can be best met. 3. The advancement of education of the public in particular but not exclusively by:a) Educating the public about the nature, causes and effects of poverty b) Conducting and procuring research concerning the same and disseminating the results to the public4. The promotion of the active engagement of the Christian church in the provision of support to street living and working children, irrespective of gender identity, age, marital status, ethnic origins, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. 5.To carry out any other objects which are exclusively charitable and are beneficial to the community in the places where the charity operates.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 MARCH 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 6 DECEMBER 2000, 14 MARCH 2001, 22 SEPTEMBER 2008 AND 8 JULY 2010. as amended on 16 Mar 2021 as amended on 20 Apr 2021

Trustees (8)

8trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Toybox Charity · 03963000 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/03/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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