The Benjamin Foundation

Registered charity 1124936 Registered since 2008

Operates: Cambridgeshire, 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.

4 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

James Mcculloch since 2019

5.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

Matthew John Townsend since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Hospitality 1Retail and trade 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£8.7m latest income

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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

234 from 237 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.

30%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Hopestead 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Essex Community Foundation Similar size; both Housing
Minstead Trust Similar size; both Housing
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind Similar size; both Housing
Shared Lives South West Similar size; both Housing
Causeway Charitable Services Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.benjaminfoundation.co.uk
Email	info@benjaminfoundation.co.uk
Phone	01603615670
Address	23-27 ST ANDREWS STREET, NORWICH, NR2 4TP

Finances

£8,719,592 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£6,572,640	£6,274,586
2022	£7,378,419	£7,352,360
2023	£7,970,788	£8,139,437
2024	£8,682,482	£9,234,476
2025	£8,719,592	£8,565,593

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

1. PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORFOLK, SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS2. THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 AUGUST 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 11 JUNE 2008 AND 11 AUGUST 2010, ACCEPTED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 20 AUGUST 2010 as amended on 31 Oct 2019

Trustees (4)

4trustees

44median age

0aged 70+

James Mccullochage band 40-44 since 2019
Matthew John Townsendage band 45-49 since 2023
Samantha Mary Massinghamage band 55-59 since 2021
Samuel Charles Matthewsage band 40-44 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

The Benjamin Foundation · 03825425 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/08/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Hopestead 1 shared trustee

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