Registered charity · Bradford
E:Merge (UK) Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £606k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 7 more
- Where
- Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City
- Website
- www.emergeonline.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- E:Merge (UK) Company Limited
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£606k£518k
- 2024£400k£488k
- 2023£396k£410k
Earlier years
- 2022£340k£375k
- 2021£394k£365k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN BRADFORD AND THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, TO:(A) ADVANCE 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) ADVANCE EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDE 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.’
Grants received
37 grants · £1,060,297 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 National Lottery Community Fund · £317,178 (5 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £150,000 (2 grants)
- Leeds Community Foundation · £137,797 (14 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £123,300
- BBC Children in Need · £105,951 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Rev Howard Keith Astin Chair since 2013
- Imaan Labad since 2023
- Joel Topham since 2014
- Paul Harold Massey since 2015
- Rev Derek Alan Jones since 2018
- Sharon Elizabeth de Villiers since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Howard Keith Astin Chair since 2013
- Joel Topham since 2014
- Paul Harold Massey since 2015
- Rev Derek Alan Jones since 2018
- Sharon Elizabeth de Villiers since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rev Howard Keith Astin Chair since 2013
- Imaan Labad since 2023
- Paul Harold Massey since 2015
- Rev Derek Alan Jones since 2018
- Sharon Elizabeth de Villiers since 2013
Portfolio (1)
- Joel Topham since 2014
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1152146
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/04/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/12/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 05296407 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01274660244 · finance@emergeonline.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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