The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

It's a Penalty

Registered charity 1161848 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, United States

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 6Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£1.1m 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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

2 from 1 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.

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.itsapenalty.org
Emailhello@itsapenalty.org
Phone01372375848
AddressIts a Penalty, Leatherhead Institute, 67 High Street, Leatherhead, KT22 8AH

Finances

£1,117,775 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£938,027£910,387
2022£746,222£723,557
2023£520,322£486,936
2024£536,650£548,575
2025£1,117,775£943,834

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY PROTECTING THEM FROM SEXUAL AND OTHER EXPLOITATION.(2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS AND SERVICES TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 27 May 2015 as amended on 12 Oct 2020

Trustees (6)

6trustees
44median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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