Change Please Foundation

Registered charity 1177958 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England, Scotland

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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

Cemal Ezel Chair since 2018
Alison Egan since 2018
Glenn Earlam since 2023
Justin Irwin since 2019
Nimesh Shah since 2024
Robert Gillion since 2018
Simon Dow since 2026

5.1y median 7y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Cemal Ezel Chair since 2018
Alison Egan since 2018
Justin Irwin since 2019
Robert Gillion since 2018

7.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Cemal Ezel Chair since 2018
Alison Egan since 2018
Glenn Earlam since 2023
Justin Irwin since 2019
Nimesh Shah since 2024
Robert Gillion since 2018
Simon Dow since 2026

company-linked trustees

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

Professional services 5Property 2Tech and media 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

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2023

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incomespending£1.6m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 13.8 in 2021

49 from 6 in 2022

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Nottingham Mencap Similar size; both Community development
Making the Leap Similar size; both Community development
Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service Similar size; both Community development
AGE Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire Similar size; both Community development
Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change Limited Similar size; both Community development
Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids Clubs Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://wwww.changeplease.org
Email	hello@c-p-foundation.org
Phone	0203 744 7434
Address	CP Foundation, Unit 5, Print Village, 58 Chadwick Road, LONDON, SE15 4PU

Finances

£1,551,576 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£367,624	£231,093
2022	£793,779	£477,871
2023	£994,091	£970,622
2024	£2,808,328	£1,569,086
2025	£1,551,576	£2,112,028

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Apr 2018 as amended on 10 Mar 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees

48median age

0aged 70+

Cemal Ezel Chair since 2018
Alison Egan since 2018
Glenn Earlam since 2023
Justin Irwinage band 55-59 since 2019
Nimesh Shahage band 35-39 since 2024
Robert Gillion since 2018
Simon Dow since 2026

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