The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Lewisham Local

Registered charity 1101616 Registered since 2004

Operates: Lewisham

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.5y median 1.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 4Education 1

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£1.1m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.6 in 2021

17 from 8 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.
52%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitelewishamlocal.com
Emailgulen@lewishamlocal.com
Phone020 84889224
AddressCommunity Centre, 1 Copperwood Place, LONDON, SE10 8GF

Finances

£1,113,484 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£757,730£613,631
2022£762,356£600,925
2023£917,344£800,299
2024£1,218,803£1,049,190
2025£1,113,484£1,084,884

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the public and particularly, but not limited to, the public who live and work in the London Borough of Lewisham and surrounding boroughs, including: a) to promote volunteering, time banking, the giving of time and skills to engage and support local residents including those considered to be suffering from the disadvantage of social exclusion; b) to promote philanthropy to relieve poverty distress and sickness in the interests of social welfare with the aim of improving the conditions of life of the public; c) to promote and broker partnership working, and training within the voluntary and charitable sector, statutory and private sectors, in the interests of the furtherance of and achievements of the above purposes.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 FEB 2003NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 02 AUG 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAY 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 MAY 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 MAR 2022 as amended on 15 Jan 2025 as amended on 19 May 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lewisham Local · 04681564 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/02/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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