Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Magpie Project
- 8 trustees
- Income £626k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
- Newham
- Website
- www.themagpieproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£626k£564k
- 2024£457k£479k
- 2023£430k£447k
Earlier years
- 2022£246k£311k
- 2021£368k£245k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OR AT THREAT OF HOMELESSNESS IN NEWHAM AND ADJACENT BOROUGHS - IN PARTICULAR PROVIDING A SPACE TO PLAY AND LEARN, AND FOR PARENTS AND CARERS TO GAIN PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND FORM A SOCIAL NETWORKS IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE IMMEDIATE DIFFICULTIES, SEEK SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS AND RE-INTEGRATE INTO EXISTING UNIVERSAL SERVICES.
Grants received
36 grants · £1,634,033 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 · £700,000 (4 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £260,550
- The Tudor Trust · £122,000 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £102,000 (4 grants)
- Smallwood Trust · £100,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Maria Iglesias Chair since 2025
- Christy Isaac since 2025
- Dr Sveta Alladi since 2021
- Freya Stock Jones since 2025
- Paula Reily since 2021
- Samantha Ward since 2022
- Theodore Harrison since 2025
- Therese Radhika Bynon since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christy Isaac since 2025
- Dr Sveta Alladi since 2021
- Freya Stock Jones since 2025
- Paula Reily since 2021
- Samantha Ward since 2022
- Theodore Harrison since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Maria Iglesias Chair since 2025
- Therese Radhika Bynon since 2021
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: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1176267
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Dec 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07561180825 · themagpieprojecte7@gmail.com
- 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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