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Registered charity · Staffordshire

Borderland Voices

Borderland Voices is a registered charity (number 1114338) based in Staffordshire, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Dr Pauline Elkes since 2019. Latest income £24k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £24k (2025)
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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Staffordshire
Website
www.borderlandvoices.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£24k£28k
  • 2024£12k£20k
  • 2023£21k£21k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£19k
  • 2021£24k£14k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

* TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ARTISTIC IMPRESSION NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.* TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MILD TO MODERATE ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR THOSE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ARTISTIC IMPRESSION NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.* TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND THE ARTS.* TO RAISE FUNDS AND TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS.

Grants received

9 grants · £150,850 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

  • The Baring Foundation £8,0002020-09-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,4302020-08-15
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £46,3002020-02-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,2702016-05-04
  • People's Health Trust £21,7502014-06-26
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.

7 trustees on the board

4.2y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Education/training 2Disability 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.

Other services 1Transport 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£24k 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
1114338
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION DATED 10 DECEMBER 2004
Contact on the register
01538528708 · bv@borderlandvoices.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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