The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Trussell Trust

Registered charity 1110522 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

2.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
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 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Retail and trade 12Health and social care 9Tech and media 5

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£62.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 28.7 in 2021

335 from 170 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.

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.trussell.org.uk
Emailenquiries@trussell.org.uk
Phone01722580180
Address7 ASHFIELD ROAD TRADING ESTATE, SALISBURY, SP2 7HL

Finances

£62,813,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£57,782,000£18,723,000
2022£34,189,000£50,567,000
2023£58,038,000£55,225,000
2024£54,052,000£61,962,000
2025£62,813,000£75,185,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/08/2013 as amended on 23 Sept 2025 as amended on 11 Jul 2026 as amended on 11 Jul 2026

Trustees (12)

12trustees
47median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Trussell Trust · 05434524 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/04/2005

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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