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Power to Change Trust

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £3.0m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Power to Change Trustee Limited.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.powertochange.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.0m£4.7m
  • 2023£6.8m£9.0m
  • 2022£7.2m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2021£5.7m£16m
  • 2020£11m£40m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 92%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL AT ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING), TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC :5.1. INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, CHARITY AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WHICH:5.1.1. RELIEVES POVERTY;5.1.2. RELIEVES UNEMPLOYMENT;5.1.3. ADVANCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;5.1.4. ADVANCES CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,THROUGH OR BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING INNOVATION;5.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF INNOVATION, BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF, IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE;5.3. THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;5.4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES,THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING GROWTH AND ECONOMIC GENERATION AND THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; 5.5. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;5.6. URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, INCLUDING BY SUPPORTING:5.6.1. THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;5.6.2. THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;5.6.3. THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;5.7. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION, BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: (I) MAKING DISTRIBUTIONS WHICH FURTHER THE ABOVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY (II) BY PROVIDING ANCILLARY ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS SEEKING TO FURTHER THE ABOVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Grants received

3 grants · £149,774,224 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • Friends Provident Foundation £10,0002021-02-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £149,234,0622015-01-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £530,1622014-04-09

Grants given

2,821 grants · £108,658,341 total

360Giving 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 recipients

Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

23 from 50 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1159982
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 03 NOV 2014AS AMENDED ON 06 JAN 2015 as amended on 28 Sep 2016
Contact on the register
02038577274 · info@powertochange.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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