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Besson Street Trust

Besson Street Trust is a registered charity (number 1118010) based in London, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £328k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £328k (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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
Where
Lewisham
Website
www.bessonstreet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Besson Street Trust
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£328k£317k
  • 2024£347k£344k
  • 2023£328k£341k
Earlier years
  • 2022£306k£359k
  • 2021£400k£436k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITABLE COMPANY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE REGENERATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF THE NEW CROSS GATE AND SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR TO:IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PROMOTE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IMPROVE HEALTH AND PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES, FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL, SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIESREDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETYRAISE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND PROMOTE QUALITY CHILDCAREPROMOTE GOOD QUALITY HOUSING AND ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE DIRECTOR TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Grants received

7 grants · £640,153 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £391,058 (2 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £239,700 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,395
  • Indigo Trust · £2,000

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.

12 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 13Property 8Arts and leisure 4

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£328k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1118010
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/01/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/05/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/10/2011 as amended on 30 May 2024
Companies House
Company number 05862134 · Active
Contact on the register
02076397605 · info@bessonstreet.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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