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Registered charity · Canterbury

Bechange

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £146k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 2 more
Where
Kent
Website
www.bechange.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bechange
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£146k£180k
  • 2024£173k£195k
  • 2023£171k£156k
Earlier years
  • 2022£145k£145k
  • 2021£158k£96k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EAST KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES , VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS:(B) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO BENEFIT THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Grants received

15 grants · £1,902,837 total

360Giving 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

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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Business services 5Tech and media 2Education 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£146k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1108040
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/01/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/12/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 30/01/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/02/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/02/2014
Companies House
Company number 05332355 · Active
Contact on the register
01304840134 · enquiries@bechange.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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