Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Margins Project
- 6 trustees
- Income £415k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Camden, Hackney, Islington
- Website
- unionchapel.org.uk/projects/margins (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£415k£313k
- 2024£298k£270k
- 2023£223k£281k
Earlier years
- 2022£186k£235k
- 2021£255k£229k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, THROUGH A RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE WHERE THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL AND FEEL EMPOWERED TO PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR RECOVERY.
Grants received
29 grants · £495,142 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
- Cloudesley · £285,085 (18 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £100,000 (2 grants)
- CAF · £37,390
- Cripplegate Foundation · £26,667 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Kenneth Beech Chair since 2025
- Dr Angela Burnett since 2023
- Fajer Qasem since 2024
- Rev Catherine Bird since 2025
- Simon Carruth since 2024
- Sue Lukes since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Angela Burnett since 2023
- Fajer Qasem since 2024
- Sue Lukes since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Kenneth Beech Chair since 2025
- Rev Catherine Bird since 2025
- Simon Carruth since 2024
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.
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
- 1153070
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 25 JUL 2013AMENDED ON 13 DEC 2019 as amended on 07 Apr 2020 as amended on 08 Apr 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02077049050 · amanuel@unionchapel.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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