Registered charity (CIO) · Beckenham
Raising Foundations
Raising Foundations is a registered charity (number 1165818) based in Beckenham, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Martin Jansen VAN Vuuren since 2016. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- Where
- Bromley, United States
- Website
- www.raisingfoundations.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£23k
- 2024£30k£19k
- 2023£38k£33k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£10k
- 2021£13k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS."2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH OUTREACH, AND ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING CHURCHES TO DEMONSTRATE THE GOOD NEWS (GOSPEL) OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Martin Jansen VAN Vuuren Chair since 2016
- David Peter Dell since 2020
- Lawrence Okiror since 2024
- Olusegun Olatokunbo Olusanya since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Jansen VAN Vuuren Chair since 2016
- David Peter Dell since 2020
- Olusegun Olatokunbo Olusanya since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Martin Jansen VAN Vuuren Chair since 2016
- David Peter Dell since 2020
- Olusegun Olatokunbo Olusanya since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Lawrence Okiror since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165818
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Mar 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07816397111 · info@raisingfoundations.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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