Registered charity · Barnet
Friend in Need Community Centre
Friend in Need Community Centre is a registered charity (number 1090701) based in Barnet, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Rev Rupert Lazar. Latest income £89k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as FIN Community Centre (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £89k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Barnet
- Website
- www.fin-eastbarnet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Friend in Need Community Centre
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£89k£114k
- 2024£90k£109k
- 2023£353k£113k
Earlier years
- 2022£122k£148k
- 2021£136k£196k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE POOR, AGED, SICK AND DISABLED IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET, PARTICULARLY, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY THE PROVISION OF DAY CARE SERVICES, GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEMES, COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SCHEMES AND SUPPORT FOR CARERS IN CO-OPERATION WITH LOCAL CHURCHES, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.
Grants received
6 grants · £39,579 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,150 (3 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £10,000
- Department for Transport · £429 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Rev Rupert Lazar Chair
- Keith Nipps since 2021
- Philip Cohen since 2024
- Richard Murray since 2022
- Sharmini Chandrasekar since 2022
- Victoria Small since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Victoria Small since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Keith Nipps since 2021
- Philip Cohen since 2024
- Richard Murray since 2022
- Sharmini Chandrasekar since 2022
- Victoria Small since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Rupert Lazar 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1090701
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH MARCH 2001
- Companies House
- Company number 04190545 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02084495320 · fin@fin-eastbarnet.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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