The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Listening EAR

Registered charity 1095964 Registered since 2003

Operates: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole

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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.

4 trustees on the board

5y median 5.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
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 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£154k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.the-listening-ear.org
Emailinfo@thelisteningear.org
Phone01202980770
AddressThe Listening Ear, 127-129 Bargates, Christchurch, BH23 1QH

Finances

£154,358 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£44,964£39,455
2022£149,130£107,190
2023£129,409£134,421
2024£92,062£112,823
2025£154,358£112,025

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE DISTRESS AND SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES TROUBLED BY EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES CAUSING, OR LIKELY TO CAUSE, ANXIETY OR DISTRESS. SUCH PROVISION SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHO ARE EITHER DOMICILE IN OR IN FULL TIME EDUCATION WITHIN, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF POOL, BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH, OR DORSET COUNTY.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30 APRIL 2002 AS AMENDED 6 JANUARY 2003

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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