Registered charity (CIO) · London
Gowing Foundation
The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of people of all ages living in deprived areas in East London and Essex.To advance in life and relieve needs of young people and adults through sporting activities by...
- 6 trustees
- Income £21k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Essex, Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Newham and more
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£21k
- 2024£0£5k
- 2023£5k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£30k£11k
- 2021£9k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of people of all ages living in deprived areas in East London and Essex.To advance in life and relieve needs of young people and adults through sporting activities by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.To advance relief of the mental or physical sickness of young people and adults, via education or through physical activities where relevant.
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
- Martin Richard Gowing Chair since 2018
- Lisa Marie Gowing since 2023
- Megan Rose Gowing since 2018
- Simon Russell since 2018
- Simon Russell since 2018
- William Richard Gowing since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Richard Gowing Chair since 2018
- Megan Rose Gowing since 2018
- Simon Russell since 2018
- Simon Russell since 2018
- William Richard Gowing since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Lisa Marie Gowing since 2023
- Megan Rose Gowing since 2018
- Simon Russell since 2018
- William Richard Gowing since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Martin Richard Gowing Chair since 2018
- Simon Russell since 2018
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
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
- 1180936
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 30 NOV 2018AMENDED ON 14 OCT 2022 as amended on 03 Sept 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02038619990 · simon.russell@panthera.co.uk
- 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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