The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Stand BY ME

Registered charity 1185124 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Burma, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Moldova, Nepal, Romania

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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.

4 trustees on the board

5.8y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4General Charitable Purposes 3The 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.

Other services 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.0m 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

14 from 12 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.standby.me
Emailhi@standby.me
Phone01708442271
AddressStand By Me, 630 Upper Brentwood Road, ROMFORD, Essex, RM2 6HS

Finances

£3,047,772 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,453,070£1,936,608
2021£2,618,044£2,371,275
2022£2,602,237£2,829,776
2023£2,781,975£3,048,348
2024£3,047,772£3,014,959

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

AS AN EXPRESSION OF JESUS' LOVE, THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BELIEFS, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL STATUS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Sep 2019

Trustees (4)

4trustees
75median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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