Registered charity · London
Reconnect
- 4 trustees
- Income £150k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.reconnectonline.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Reconnect
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£150k£107k
- 2023£80k£101k
- 2022£131k£96k
Earlier years
- 2021£85k£81k
- 2020£54k£56k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
A) TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING THE EMPLOYMENT IN SUCH COUNTRIES OF PERSONS LIVING AS REFUGEES OR DISPLACED PERSONS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHO HAVE SKILLS USEFUL TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS.1) BY PROVIDING AND FOSTERING THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING SO THAT SUCH PERSONS MAY PARTICIPATE IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;2) BY IDENTIFYING AND FOSTERING SUCH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM.
Grants received
2 grants · £32,725 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
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £22,725
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Sarah Margaret Buxton Chair since 2017
- Belay Gesesse
- Dr Maknun Ashami since 2018
- Stephen Desmond since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Sarah Margaret Buxton Chair since 2017
- Dr Maknun Ashami since 2018
- Stephen Desmond since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Belay Gesesse
- Dr Maknun Ashami since 2018
- Stephen Desmond since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Sarah Margaret Buxton Chair since 2017
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1105016
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 NOVEMBER 2003
- Companies House
- Company number 04978651 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02030382648 · info@reconnectonline.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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