Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Running Charity
The Running Charity is a registered charity (number 1157501) based in London, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by David Loudon Mcmurtrie since 2019. Latest income £907k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as TRC (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £907k (2024)
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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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Manchester City, Brighton And Hove, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Throughout London and more
- Website
- www.therunningcharity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£907k£436k
- 2023£351k£422k
- 2022£375k£427k
Earlier years
- 2021£487k£353k
- 2020£280k£275k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE MEANS TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND ACCESS SUPPORT SERVICES TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.AT THE RUNNING CHARITY, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF HOMELESSNESS.
Grants received
18 grants · £531,422 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
- London Marathon Foundation · £175,000 (2 grants)
- Comic Relief · £144,089 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £52,250 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £50,883 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 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.
5 trustees on the board
- David Loudon Mcmurtrie Chair since 2019
- Catherine Seymour since 2021
- Liz Ubah since 2026
- Rachael Williams since 2021
- Wincent Lau since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- David Loudon Mcmurtrie Chair since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- David Loudon Mcmurtrie Chair since 2019
- Catherine Seymour since 2021
- Liz Ubah since 2026
- Wincent Lau since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Rachael Williams since 2021
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
17.5 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
- 1157501
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 17 Jun 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07900245076 · info@therunningcharity.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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