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Police NOW
Police NOW is a registered charity (number 1168427) based in London, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £11m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £11m (2025)
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Network
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Who leads it
- Caitlin Helen KinsellaTrustee · since 2023
- Dominic Lawrence Charlesworth FRYTrustee · since 2016
- Helen Elizabeth BallTrustee · since 2015
- James BowlerTrustee · since 2016
- Jason HoggTrustee · since 2024
- Louisa Helen RolfeTrustee · since 2019
- Maia Jane ThomsonTrustee · since 2026
- Peter FreedmanTrustee · since 2026
- Simon Woolley LordTrustee · since 2016
- Victoria Sarah Hoare TillbrookTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.policenow.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Police NOW
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11m£12m
- 2024£10m£13m
- 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
- 2022£13m£12m
- 2021£17m£12m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE OPERATION OF A GRADUATE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMME TO RECRUIT A HIGH CALIBRE OF POLICE OFFICERS TO POLICE FORCES ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Grants received
5 grants · £24,200,000 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
- Home Office · £24,000,000 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £200,000
Most recent
- Home Office
- Home Office
- Home Office
- Home Office
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
- Caitlin Helen Kinsella since 2023
- Dominic Lawrence Charlesworth FRY since 2016
- Helen Elizabeth Ball since 2015
- James Bowler since 2016
- Jason Hogg since 2024
- Louisa Helen Rolfe since 2019
- Maia Jane Thomson since 2026
- Peter Freedman since 2026
- Simon Woolley Lord since 2016
- Victoria Sarah Hoare Tillbrook since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dominic Lawrence Charlesworth FRY since 2016
- Helen Elizabeth Ball since 2015
- James Bowler since 2016
- Louisa Helen Rolfe since 2019
- Simon Woolley Lord since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Caitlin Helen Kinsella since 2023
- Dominic Lawrence Charlesworth FRY since 2016
- Helen Elizabeth Ball since 2015
- James Bowler since 2016
- Jason Hogg since 2024
- Louisa Helen Rolfe since 2019
- Maia Jane Thomson since 2026
- Peter Freedman since 2026
- Victoria Sarah Hoare Tillbrook since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Simon Woolley Lord since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168427
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 DEC 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 JUL 2016 as amended on 28 Mar 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 09922205 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 00 · finance@policenow.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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