The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Hibiscus Initiatives LTD

Registered charity 1104094 Registered since 2004

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Kent, West Sussex, Peterborough City, Throughout London, Durham

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.7y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 12Other services 2Agriculture 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£981k latest income
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: 4.0 months · was 3.9 in 2021

27 from 26 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.
14%
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

Websitewww.hibiscusinitiatives.org.uk
Emailbaljit@hibiscus.org.uk
Phone02076974120
AddressHibiscus Initiatives, Lion House, Red Lion Street, WC1R 4NA

Finances

£980,918 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,374,566£1,357,929
2022£1,442,861£1,392,539
2023£1,728,015£1,603,654
2024£1,873,894£1,815,182
2025£980,918£1,387,798

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED ANY LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.(B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT SUCH WOMEN(C) TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/09/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/04/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09/09/2013

Trustees (11)

11trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hibiscus Initiatives · 04533442 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/09/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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