Registered charity · Southend on Sea
Friends and Places Together
- 6 trustees
- Income £148k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Southend-on-sea
- Website
- www.friendsandplaces.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Friends and Places Together
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£148k£164k
- 2024£163k£174k
- 2023£147k£146k
Earlier years
- 2022£163k£114k
- 2021£88k£112k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE NEED BY REASON OF DISABILITY AND ILL-HEALTH AMONG YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND/OR CARERS BY:A) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES;B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND/OR CARERS;C) PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT FOR YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND/OR CARERS; ANDD) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND/OR CARERS.
Grants received
10 grants · £175,243 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 · £140,663 (4 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £28,080 (4 grants)
- The Grocers' Charity · £4,000
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £2,500
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
- Christopher Woolard since 2026
- Sathyendran Raviraj since 2018
- Wendy Bennett since 2021
- Asal Janghorban since 2025
- James Spencer since 2024
- Kirsty Peterson since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Sathyendran Raviraj since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christopher Woolard since 2026
- Sathyendran Raviraj since 2018
- Wendy Bennett since 2021
- Asal Janghorban since 2025
- James Spencer since 2024
- Kirsty Peterson since 2026
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159584
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/06/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/05/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08554307 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07956602570 · denise@friendsandplaces.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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