Registered charity · London
The Traveller Movement
- 9 trustees
- Income £563k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBEChair
- Brian Foster M.EdTrustee
- Bridget MccarthyTrustee · since 2014
- Cristin Anne O'BrienTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Aileen Anne Marie KitchingTrustee · since 2012
- John MccarthyTrustee · since 2019
- Mark Watson MBETrustee · since 2013
- Martin HoweTrustee
- Michael Thomas ReillyTrustee · since 2025
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, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.travellermovement.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Traveller Movement
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£563k£564k
- 2024£520k£504k
- 2023£584k£448k
Earlier years
- 2022£709k£614k
- 2021£524k£357k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF ETHNIC ROMANI, ROMA AND IRISH TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND B) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND NEEDS OF ALL ETHNIC ROMANI, ROMA AND IRISH TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES AND HIGHLIGHTING THE NEEDS OF AND ISSUES AFFECTING THESE COMMUNITIES.
Grants received
21 grants · £1,147,919 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 · £331,494 (6 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £161,450
- The Tudor Trust · £142,000 (3 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £125,803 (3 grants)
- Ministry of Justice · £125,602 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE Chair
- Brian Foster M.Ed
- Bridget Mccarthy since 2014
- Cristin Anne O'Brien since 2025
- Dr Aileen Anne Marie Kitching since 2012
- John Mccarthy since 2019
- Mark Watson MBE since 2013
- Martin Howe
- Michael Thomas Reilly since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Bridget Mccarthy since 2014
- Dr Aileen Anne Marie Kitching since 2012
- John Mccarthy since 2019
- Mark Watson MBE since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE Chair
- Bridget Mccarthy since 2014
- Cristin Anne O'Brien since 2025
- Dr Aileen Anne Marie Kitching since 2012
- John Mccarthy since 2019
- Martin Howe
- Michael Thomas Reilly since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Brian Foster M.Ed
- Mark Watson MBE since 2013
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
9.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1107113
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/11/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/09/2013 as amended on 15 Mar 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 04038939 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7607 2002 · info@travellermovement.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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