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  • 5 trustees
  • Income £413k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.letsbfriend.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£413k£350k
  • 2024£224k£318k
  • 2023£413k£253k
Earlier years
  • 2022£305k£249k
  • 2021£211k£171k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST ELDERLY PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PERSONS AGED OVER 65, RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, BY THE PROVISION OF:·BEFRIENDING SERVICES THROUGH WEEKLY OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS 2. SUCH OTHER WAYS FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN FURTHERANCE OF SAID OBJECTS

Grants received

21 grants · £1,281,268 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £970,813 (6 grants)
  • Henry Smith Foundation · £155,880 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £35,000
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £25,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £21,534

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.

5 trustees on the board

1y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Economic/community Development/employment 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£224k latest income
18%
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
1171148
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 17 JAN 2017AMENDED ON 28 NOV 2023
Contact on the register
07523698530 · info@letsbfriend.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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