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Registered charity · London

Penrose Options

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £21m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Bedford, Throughout London, Luton
Website
www.socialinterestgroup.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Penrose Options
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21m£21m
  • 2024£18m£17m
  • 2023£14m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.9m£9.3m
  • 2021£11m£11m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 38%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1. TO RELIEVE PEOPLE IN NEED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, THOSE CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM OR RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE MIS-USE OR OTHER ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS, OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS, THE HOMELESS, POOR PEOPLE, AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) PROVIDING SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF HOUSING, OR ACCOMMODATION, OR SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEDICAL, SOCIAL, WELFARE, REHABILITATIVE, RESETTLEMENT AND CARE SERVICES;B) PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, MENTORING AND OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES;2. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

19 grants · £1,204,807 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (8)

7
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8General Charitable Purposes 6Accommodation/housing 5Education/training 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 16Health and social care 11Property 11

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£20.9m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.0 in 2021

315 from 213 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1151455
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 OCT 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 NOV 2018
Companies House
Company number 08466743 · Active
Contact on the register
02036689270 · enquiries@socialinterestgroup.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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