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Registered charity · London

Area 51 Education

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney and more
Website
www.area51ed.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Area 51 Education LTD.
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£2.4m
  • 2024£2.1m£2.2m
  • 2023£2.1m£2.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.1m£2.1m
  • 2021£1.9m£1.9m
Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL SKILLS FOR LIFE AND WORK.B) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.C) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITIES BY:A. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES;B. PROVIDING A POSITIVE MODEL FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AFTER COMPULSORY SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE.D) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND / OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.E) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND / OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES LIVING IN THE AREA OF LONDON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION; C. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; F) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. G) TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND EMPLOYMENT IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE COMPANIES.

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.

2 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 2Economic/community Development/employment 2Education/training 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.3m 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.1 in 2021

62 from 55 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.
100%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1139447
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 05 OCTOBER 2010
Companies House
Company number 06724508 · Active
Contact on the register
02088817739 · admin@area51ed.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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