Registered charity · Liverpool
Raise Limited
- 10 trustees
- Income £635k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Chris HudsonChair · since 2020
- Andrew Stephen WilsonTrustee
- Benjamin PeachTrustee · since 2026
- David Babatunde AkinolaTrustee · since 2025
- Jon MetcalfeTrustee · since 2026
- Julie GuinanTrustee · since 2012
- Nicola FitzsimmonsTrustee · since 2026
- Rachael StottTrustee · since 2022
- Simon ThorntonTrustee · since 2025
- Weronica RoznowskaTrustee · 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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, Wirral and more
- Website
- www.raiseadvice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Raise Limited
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£635k£535k
- 2024£552k£545k
- 2023£673k£714k
Earlier years
- 2022£787k£805k
- 2021£712k£691k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS BY THE PROVISION TO SUCH PERSONS OF LEGAL AND ADVICE SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE AREAS OF LAW AND PRACTICE WHICH ARE OF CONCERN TO POOR PEOPLE AND WHICH ARE DIRECTED TO RELIEF OF POVERTY; ANDTO PROMOTE OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
Grants received
12 grants · £1,636,183 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 · £1,029,857 (3 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £206,602
- Independent Age · £173,296
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £87,552
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £80,074
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Chris Hudson Chair since 2020
- Andrew Stephen Wilson
- Benjamin Peach since 2026
- David Babatunde Akinola since 2025
- Julie Guinan since 2012
- Jon Metcalfe since 2026
- Nicola Fitzsimmons since 2026
- Rachael Stott since 2022
- Simon Thornton since 2025
- Weronica Roznowska since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Chris Hudson Chair since 2020
- Julie Guinan since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Chris Hudson Chair since 2020
- Benjamin Peach since 2026
- David Babatunde Akinola since 2025
- Julie Guinan since 2012
- Jon Metcalfe since 2026
- Nicola Fitzsimmons since 2026
- Rachael Stott since 2022
- Simon Thornton since 2025
- Weronica Roznowska since 2025
Portfolio (1)
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
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112830
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7TH OCTOBER 1999.
- Companies House
- Company number 03854479 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0151 459 1556 · admin@raiseadvice.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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