Registered charity (CIO) · Bedfordshire
Just Because WE CAN, WE Care & WE'RE Here
Just Because WE CAN, WE Care & WE'RE Here is a registered charity (number 1173644) based in Bedfordshire, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Marie Gerdeci since 2017. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Luton
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022£0£77
- 2021£0£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES, FINANCE, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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 trustees on the board
- Marie Gerdeci Chair since 2017
- ANN Mcmaster since 2017
- Colette Thurlow since 2017
- Jacqueline Stephens since 2017
- Janice Forsyth since 2017
- Karen Russell since 2017
- Terrena Smallwood since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Marie Gerdeci Chair since 2017
- ANN Mcmaster since 2017
- Colette Thurlow since 2017
- Jacqueline Stephens since 2017
- Janice Forsyth since 2017
- Karen Russell since 2017
- Terrena Smallwood since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Marie Gerdeci Chair since 2017
- ANN Mcmaster since 2017
- Colette Thurlow since 2017
- Jacqueline Stephens since 2017
- Janice Forsyth since 2017
- Karen Russell since 2017
- Terrena Smallwood since 2017
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173644
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Jul 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01582402812 · justbecauseoffice@gmail.com
- 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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