Registered charity · London
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 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 · £149,764,224 (2 grants)
- Friends Provident Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Grants given
2,821 grants · £108,658,341 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 recipients
- Future Wolverton Limited · £1,142,000 (5 grants)
- Social And Sustainable Capital (Sasc) · £1,072,000 (2 grants)
- Real Ideas Organisation Community Interest Company (Rio) · £999,940 (6 grants)
- The Wharton Trust · £982,900 (7 grants)
- THE BRAUNSTONE FOUNDATION · £981,664 (8 grants)
Most recent
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0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
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
- 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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