The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Retail Trust

Registered charity 1090136 Registered since 2002

Operates: Scotland, Salford City, Derby City, Barnet, Liverpool City

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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.

13 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

13
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 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Accommodation/housing 11General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Finance 50Property 19Professional services 12

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£12.3m 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.

33.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 51.1 in 2021

127 from 77 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.retailtrust.org.uk
Emailrbushell@retailtrust.org.uk
Phone020 8201 0110
AddressForm Rooms, 2nd Floor, 22 Tower Street, LONDON

Finances

£12,313,200 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,507,005£7,993,157
2022£9,683,001£8,665,643
2023£12,654,485£10,805,996
2024£10,884,665£13,649,272
2025£12,313,200£13,633,477

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3.1 THE CHARITY SHALL OPERATE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PURSUANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE OBJECTS: 3.1.1 TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE RETAIL AND ASSOCIATED SECTORS IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BY: 3.1.1.1 THE PROVISION OF WELLBEING SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE COUNSELLING, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY AND CRITICAL INCIDENT SUPPORT; 3.1.1.2 THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, PARTICULARLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE; 3.1.1.3 THE PROVISION OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED HOUSING AND ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BENEFICIARIES; AND 3.1.1.4 THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; 3.1.2 TO ADVANCE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS, IN THE RETAIL AND ASSOCIATED SECTORS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND BURSARIES, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE RETAIL SECTOR; AND 3.1.3 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE LAW OF SCOTLAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE RETAIL AND ASSOCIATED SECTORS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/03/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/01/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/05/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/05/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 OCT 2017

Trustees (13)

13trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Retail Trust · 04254201 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/07/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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