The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Debra

Registered charity 1084958 Registered since 2001

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.3y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Other Charitable Purposes 10Education/training 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.

Health and social care 10Property 2Tech and media 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£18.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.6 in 2020

362 from 376 in 2020
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.debra.org.uk
Emaildebra@debra.org.uk
Phone01344771961
AddressD E B R A, The Capitol Building, Oldbury, BRACKNELL, RG12 8FZ

Finances

£18,176,154 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£11,412,897£13,783,428
2021£13,317,401£12,500,016
2022£16,420,725£15,968,928
2023£18,228,440£18,891,360
2024£18,176,154£18,557,148

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAUSE, NATURE, TREATMENT AND CURE OF EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA AND OTHER RELATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND2) TO RELIEVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE SAID CONDITION BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WELFARE AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/12/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/05/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/05/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/05/2014 as amended on 09 Apr 2022 as amended on 18 Jul 2022

Trustees (13)

11trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Debra · 04118259 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/12/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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