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Registered charity · London

Design South East Limited

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £891k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.designsoutheast.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Design South East Limited
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£891k£824k
  • 2024£807k£774k
  • 2023£860k£931k
Earlier years
  • 2022£881k£899k
  • 2021£739k£742k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 22% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT;2) PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BY HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUAILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT;3) PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;4) PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN AREAS OF URBAN REGENERATION, INCLUDING AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION; AND5) HELP PEOPLE ADVANCE IN LIFE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN THE ARATS, ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

Grants received

1 grant · £45,100 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £45,100

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £45,1002012-09-18
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.

10 trustees on the board

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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

Professional services 12Business services 1Education 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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£891k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

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

10 from 12 in 2021
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.
29%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1160651
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/11/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/01/2015 as amended on 31 Mar 2022
Companies House
Company number 03284438 · Active
Contact on the register
01634401166 · accounts@designsoutheast.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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