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Registered charity (CIO) · London

The Deptford Ragged Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £349k (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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
Where
Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark
Website
www.thebear.tv (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£349k£261k
  • 2024£633k£247k
  • 2023£826k£301k
Earlier years
  • 2022£282k£253k
  • 2021£245k£244k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1 TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND MISSION IN AND AROUND DEPTFORD IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM, AND ALSO ELSEWHERE IN LONDON, THE UK AND THE REST OF THE WORLD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS, HOMELESSNESS AND SICKNESS IN DEPTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND ALSO ELSEWHERE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.3 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF DEPTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO ORGANISE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS;4 TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF DEPTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND ALSO ACROSS LONDON AND ELSEWHERE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

Grants received

3 grants · £169,013 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

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.

6 trustees on the board

3.7y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£349k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1177319
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Feb 2018
Contact on the register
02086926480 · info@thebear.tv
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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