Registered charity (CIO) · London
Little Village
- 9 trustees
- Income £4.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Olivia GillanChair · since 2018
- Clare PhillipsTrustee · since 2024
- Jacqueline PenalverTrustee · since 2023
- Kate HusselbeeTrustee · since 2023
- Lillian ShawTrustee · since 2024
- Marcia Louise HolmesTrustee · since 2021
- Matthew ChisiambiTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel PolnayTrustee · since 2024
- Simon LangfordTrustee · since 2026
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.littlevillagehq.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.0m£4.5m
- 2024£4.3m£4.1m
- 2023£4.5m£3.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.5m£3.4m
- 2021£2.8m£1.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LOCAL UK COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY.
Grants received
26 grants · £2,848,259 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,978,082 (3 grants)
- Comic Relief · £204,000 (2 grants)
- The Childhood Trust · £182,500 (4 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £158,530
- Camden Giving · £117,496 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Greater London Authority
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Olivia Gillan Chair since 2018
- Clare Phillips since 2024
- Jacqueline Penalver since 2023
- Kate Husselbee since 2023
- Lillian Shaw since 2024
- Marcia Louise Holmes since 2021
- Matthew Chisiambi since 2024
- Rachel Polnay since 2024
- Simon Langford since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Olivia Gillan Chair since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Jacqueline Penalver since 2023
- Kate Husselbee since 2023
- Lillian Shaw since 2024
- Marcia Louise Holmes since 2021
- Matthew Chisiambi since 2024
- Rachel Polnay since 2024
- Simon Langford since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Olivia Gillan Chair since 2018
- Clare Phillips since 2024
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.
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
4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1169735
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 18 OCT 2016AMENDED ON 11 NOV 2021 as amended on 11 Nov 2021 as amended on 16 Feb 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07938486727 · hello@littlevillagehq.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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