The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Quintessentially Foundation

Registered charity 1144584 Registered since 2011

Operates: Throughout England

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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

7.5y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The 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.

Other services 9Professional services 5Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.1m 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.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020

5 from 1 in 2020
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.quintessentiallyfoundation.org
Emailinfo@quintessentiallyfoundation.org
Phone08453887985
AddressQUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATION, 29 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W1B 1QB

Finances

£1,122,718 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£690,991£746,990
2021£1,059,605£639,590
2022£1,073,705£854,089
2023£1,585,770£856,783
2024£1,122,718£1,224,438

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF SUCH GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR SUCH UK REGISTERED CHARITIES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK OR ABROAD BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND/OR WELFARE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 FEB 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 MAY 2015

Trustees (8)

8trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Quintessentially Foundation · 07525263 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/02/2011

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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