Registered charity · London
WHY ME? UK
- 7 trustees
- Income £242k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.why-me.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- WHY ME? UK
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£242k£229k
- 2024£272k£290k
- 2023£416k£355k
Earlier years
- 2022£377k£457k
- 2021£344k£292k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1A TO RELIEVE DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME ('THE VICTIMS') AND PERSONS AFFECTED BY CRIME INCLUDING FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED1B TO ADVANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS BY RESEARCH INTO ISSUES RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIME AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH
Grants received
32 grants · £978,939 total360Giving 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 Bell Foundation · £175,931 (3 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £175,000 (3 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £166,000 (8 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £152,425 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £124,130
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Trevor Leslie Botting Chair since 2025
- Ben Andrew since 2024
- Brian Neale since 2020
- Emma Jones since 2024
- Marianne Helen Helps since 2024
- Matthew Pink since 2017
- Will Jacks since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Pink since 2017
- Will Jacks since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Ben Andrew since 2024
- Brian Neale since 2020
- Emma Jones since 2024
- Marianne Helen Helps since 2024
- Matthew Pink since 2017
- Will Jacks since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Trevor Leslie Botting Chair since 2025
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137123
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 AUGUST AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 29 JUNE 2010 REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 6 JULY 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 06992709 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 45911970 · info@why-me.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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