Registered charity · Hemel Hempstead
Dens Limited
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Carolyn BarkinTrustee · since 2023
- Claire Elizabeth ReynoldsTrustee · since 2026
- Eric PillingerTrustee
- Ian StelfoxTrustee · since 2023
- IAN TottmanTrustee
- Katharine Lesley Jacalyn AlawayTrustee · since 2026
- Margaret GriffithsTrustee · since 2026
- Nigel Howard ThompsonTrustee · since 2024
- Paul Andrew SmartTrustee · since 2023
- Richard PaynterTrustee · since 2026
- Robert Angel WakelyTrustee · since 2026
- Roya OskouiTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.dens.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dens Limited
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£2.5m
- 2024£2.6m£2.5m
- 2023£2.1m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£1.9m
- 2021£2.4m£1.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF DACORUM HERTFORDSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION MATERIAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS DO NOT FALL UNDER ANY OF THE PRECEDING OBJECTS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Grants received
40 grants · £2,302,759 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 · £1,489,159 (11 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £267,700 (3 grants)
- Trussell · £254,956 (5 grants)
- The Leathersellers' Foundation · £85,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £78,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Carolyn Barkin since 2023
- Claire Elizabeth Reynolds since 2026
- Eric Pillinger
- IAN Tottman
- Ian Stelfox since 2023
- Katharine Lesley Jacalyn Alaway since 2026
- Margaret Griffiths since 2026
- Nigel Howard Thompson since 2024
- Paul Andrew Smart since 2023
- Robert Angel Wakely since 2026
- Richard Paynter since 2026
- Roya Oskoui since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Carolyn Barkin since 2023
- Claire Elizabeth Reynolds since 2026
- IAN Tottman
- Ian Stelfox since 2023
- Katharine Lesley Jacalyn Alaway since 2026
- Nigel Howard Thompson since 2024
- Paul Andrew Smart since 2023
- Robert Angel Wakely since 2026
- Richard Paynter since 2026
- Roya Oskoui since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Eric Pillinger
- Margaret Griffiths since 2026
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
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1097185
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATED INCORPORATED 6 DECEMBER 2002
- Companies House
- Company number 04610820 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01442262274 · office@dens.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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