The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Running Charity

Registered charity 1157501 CIO Registered since 2014

Operates: Manchester City, Brighton And Hove, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Throughout London, Leeds City

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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

4.4y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 2Education 1Hospitality 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£907k latest income
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.

17.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

9
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.therunningcharity.org
Emailinfo@therunningcharity.org
Phone07900245076
Address5 St Bride Street, Floor 4, City of London, London, EC4A 4AS

Finances

£906,663 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£280,238£275,425
2021£486,621£352,856
2022£374,525£427,064
2023£351,273£421,779
2024£906,663£435,599

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

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.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 17 Jun 2014

Trustees (5)

5trustees
40median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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