Registered charity · London
A NEW Direction London Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Arfa ButtChair · since 2022
- Andrew MarcusTrustee · since 2021
- Asma HussainTrustee · since 2020
- Carey RobinsonTrustee · since 2021
- Errol ComrieTrustee · since 2024
- Guy MansfieldTrustee · since 2021
- Lesley OwusuTrustee · since 2021
- Lubna MalikTrustee · since 2024
- Paul JacksonTrustee · since 2024
- Shamik ChakrabortyTrustee · since 2021
- Will WorsdellTrustee · since 2024
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, Disability
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.anewdirection.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- A NEW Direction London Limited
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£2.7m
- 2024£2.5m£2.7m
- 2023£3.2m£3.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.2m£3.4m
- 2021£2.9m£2.9m
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY) BY PROMOTING, IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEARNING AND ACCESS TO CREATIVE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING OR PROVIDING EDUCATION IN THE UK OR ELSEWHERE..
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Arfa Butt Chair since 2022
- Andrew Marcus since 2021
- Asma Hussain since 2020
- Carey Robinson since 2021
- Errol Comrie since 2024
- Guy Mansfield since 2021
- Lesley Owusu since 2021
- Lubna Malik since 2024
- Paul Jackson since 2024
- Shamik Chakraborty since 2021
- Will Worsdell since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Arfa Butt Chair since 2022
- Andrew Marcus since 2021
- Carey Robinson since 2021
- Errol Comrie since 2024
- Guy Mansfield since 2021
- Lesley Owusu since 2021
- Lubna Malik since 2024
- Shamik Chakraborty since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Asma Hussain since 2020
- Paul Jackson since 2024
- Will Worsdell since 2024
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
2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126216
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/06/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/12/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 06627531 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076082132 · info@anewdirection.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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