Registered charity (CIO) · Newbury
Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV)
- 8 trustees
- Income £187k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Cassandra CapelChair · since 2020
- Dexter BonnerTrustee · since 2024
- Irena Skapin OsborneTrustee · since 2016
- Jennifer Adanna EzechukwuTrustee · since 2026
- Megan BarnesTrustee · since 2024
- Richard HandscombeTrustee · since 2026
- Stephen Craig Clarke Fcca, FlodTrustee · since 2025
- Vienna BestTrustee · since 2025
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- West Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and more
- Website
- www.flagdv.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£187k£172k
- 2024£124k£151k
- 2023£157k£123k
Earlier years
- 2022£82k£90k
- 2021£119k£78k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC ABUSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD LEGAL ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION OR WHERE PUBLIC FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION SERVICES.
Grants received
14 grants · £523,134 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 · £414,054 (7 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £60,000
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,810
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £9,270 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Society Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Cassandra Capel Chair since 2020
- Dexter Bonner since 2024
- Irena Skapin Osborne since 2016
- Jennifer Adanna Ezechukwu since 2026
- Megan Barnes since 2024
- Richard Handscombe since 2026
- Stephen Craig Clarke Fcca, Flod since 2025
- Vienna Best since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Cassandra Capel Chair since 2020
- Irena Skapin Osborne since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dexter Bonner since 2024
- Irena Skapin Osborne since 2016
- Jennifer Adanna Ezechukwu since 2026
- Megan Barnes since 2024
- Stephen Craig Clarke Fcca, Flod since 2025
- Vienna Best since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Cassandra Capel Chair since 2020
- Richard Handscombe since 2026
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
- 1154070
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 03 Oct 2013
- Contact on the register
- 01635 015854 · hello@flagdv.org.uk
- 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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