The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Matthew Project

Registered charity 1122801 Registered since 2008

Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

8
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 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 9Education 2Professional services 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£2.1m 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.7 in 2021

61 from 62 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.matthewproject.org
Emailadmin@matthewproject.org
Phone01603626123
AddressThe Matthew Project, 70-80 Oak Street, NORWICH, NR3 3AQ

Finances

£2,102,869 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,112,258£2,003,079
2022£2,195,507£2,211,031
2023£2,631,311£2,498,575
2024£2,001,332£2,188,876
2025£2,102,869£2,183,619

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:- FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE BY(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND (B) PROVIDING COUNSELLING, ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT SERVICES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE IN NEED WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 OCTOBER 2007.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Matthew Project · 06388343 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/10/2007

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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