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UP - Unlocking Potential

UP - Unlocking Potential is a registered charity (number 1163932) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Stuart Roden since 2015. Latest income £3.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.up.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
UP - Unlocking Potential
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.2m£3.1m
  • 2024£2.9m£2.9m
  • 2023£2.7m£2.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.5m£2.5m
  • 2021£2.5m£2.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 28% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES; ANDSUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Grants received

7 grants · £254,000 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

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.

7.4y median 9.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Disability 3Religious Activities 2Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Professional services 16Education 15Finance 14

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£3.2m 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.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.2 in 2021

68 from 45 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.
28%
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
1163932
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 AUG 2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 AUG 2016 as amended on 18 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 09750864 · Active
Contact on the register
07341 731528 · hello@up.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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