Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Restart Project
- 10 trustees
- Income £490k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Friederike HanischTrustee · since 2019
- Gemma Chiara Del PozzoTrustee · since 2023
- Gordon Robert FergusTrustee · since 2023
- Holly Jane Ai-Ming SmithTrustee · since 2025
- James CarriganTrustee · since 2019
- Jody HalsteadTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew DawsonTrustee · since 2025
- Norah Mary LewisTrustee · since 2023
- Satheesh Kumar PillaiTrustee · since 2025
- Tara Rae CareyTrustee · since 2023
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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- therestartproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£490k£527k
- 2023£537k£598k
- 2022£619k£573k
Earlier years
- 2021£288k£406k
- 2020£489k£390k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY THE PROMOTION OF REPAIR AND RECYCLING, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING THE REPAIR AND REUSE OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
Grants received
14 grants · £894,799 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
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £374,016 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £190,221
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £139,494 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £139,494 (2 grants)
- The Funding Network · £30,575 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Friederike Hanisch since 2019
- Gemma Chiara Del Pozzo since 2023
- Gordon Robert Fergus since 2023
- Holly Jane Ai-Ming Smith since 2025
- James Carrigan since 2019
- Jody Halstead since 2025
- Matthew Dawson since 2025
- Norah Mary Lewis since 2023
- Satheesh Kumar Pillai since 2025
- Tara Rae Carey since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Friederike Hanisch since 2019
- James Carrigan since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Friederike Hanisch since 2019
- Gemma Chiara Del Pozzo since 2023
- Holly Jane Ai-Ming Smith since 2025
- James Carrigan since 2019
- Jody Halstead since 2025
- Matthew Dawson since 2025
- Norah Mary Lewis since 2023
- Satheesh Kumar Pillai since 2025
- Tara Rae Carey since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Gordon Robert Fergus since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 1151286
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 18 Mar 2013
- Contact on the register
- 07545 546857 · info@therestartproject.org
- 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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