Registered charity · London
Launch It Trust
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Lord Howard of PenrithChair
- Abhay VarmaTrustee · since 2023
- Earl Michael ST AldwynTrustee
- Gabrielle BoyleTrustee · since 2022
- JAN PethickTrustee
- Joanna RowelleTrustee · since 2013
- Leone Catriona MckinleyTrustee · since 2022
- Rachel StockeyTrustee · since 2025
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- Rebecca ByrneTrustee
- Rupert TyerTrustee · since 2026
- Sarah KongTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- The Philip & Sarah Howard Charitable Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.launchit.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Launch IT Trust
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.0m£882k
- 2023£760k£778k
- 2022£1.4m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2021£749k£657k
- 2020£623k£596k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED, TO INCLUDE: 1. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING IN PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, INDUSTRIES, CRAFTS, TRADE OR THE SKILLS NEEDED IN EMPLOYMENT; 2. RELIEVING POVERTY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ACCOMMODATION OR PREMISES) AND ENCOURAGEMENT WHILST THEIR EDUCATION IS BEING ADVANCED AS AFORESAID OR WHILST THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING NEW BUSINESSES OR PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGING IN A PROFESSION, TRADE, CRAFT OR SERVICE; AND 3. ARRANGING PERIODS OF VOLUNTARY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY 2. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, WHETHER IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE PRINCE'S TRUST OR OTHERWISE, AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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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
- Lord Howard of Penrith Chair
- Abhay Varma since 2023
- Earl Michael ST Aldwyn
- Gabrielle Boyle since 2022
- JAN Pethick
- Joanna Rowelle since 2013
- Leone Catriona Mckinley since 2022
- Rebecca Byrne
- Rachel Stockey since 2025
- Rupert Tyer since 2026
- Sarah Kong since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Joanna Rowelle since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Abhay Varma since 2023
- Earl Michael ST Aldwyn
- Gabrielle Boyle since 2022
- JAN Pethick
- Joanna Rowelle since 2013
- Leone Catriona Mckinley since 2022
- Rebecca Byrne
- Rachel Stockey since 2025
- Rupert Tyer since 2026
- Sarah Kong since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Lord Howard of Penrith Chair
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
1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.2 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1086850
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH DECEMBER 2000, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17TH MAY 2001 as amended on 10 Jun 2019 as amended on 05 Jun 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 04133046 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02088854920 · info@launchit.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
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