Registered charity · Community Centre
Descendants
Descendants is a registered charity (number 1109057) based in Community Centre, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Denise Charles since 2019. Latest income £23k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £23k (2025)
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 8 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.descendants.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£23k£19k
- 2024£14k£42k
- 2023£51k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£61k£39k
- 2021£37k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 67%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER LONDON BOROUGHS OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, EALING, BRENT, HILLINGDON, HOUNSLOW PARTICULARLY THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN DESCENT:A. TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICULARLY IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN CARIBBEAN HISTORY.B. TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY BY DEVELOPING, STRENGTHENING AND PROMOTING BETTER RELATIONS BETWEEN THOSE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN DESCENT AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY; AND BY PROMOTING BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.C. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RACE RELATIONS, ENDEAVOURING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND ENCOURAGING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.
Grants received
4 grants · £92,250 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
- John Lyon's Charity · £89,250 (3 grants)
- The Fore · £3,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Denise Charles Chair since 2019
- Celestina Uzoka
- Chantel Noel-Morris since 2024
- Christal Douglas since 2024
- Collette Noel since 2018
- Donley Jack since 2025
- Elaine Beresford
- Janet Amara since 2019
- Margaret Noel since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Denise Charles Chair since 2019
- Collette Noel since 2018
- Janet Amara since 2019
- Margaret Noel since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Denise Charles Chair since 2019
- Celestina Uzoka
- Chantel Noel-Morris since 2024
- Christal Douglas since 2024
- Collette Noel since 2018
- Donley Jack since 2025
- Elaine Beresford
- Janet Amara since 2019
- Margaret Noel since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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
- 1109057
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26/01/2004AS AMENDED ON 21/03/2005AS AMENDED ON 06/01/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07745889521 · descendantscharity@gmail.com
- 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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