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Registered charity (CIO) · Cumbria

Beginning Again

Beginning Again is a registered charity (number 1185334) based in Cumbria, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Rev Ian William Lewis Parker since 2019. Latest income £39k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £39k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Cumbria
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£39k£11k
  • 2025£12k£12k
  • 2024£12k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2023£17k£15k
  • 2022£9k£12k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING IN ORDER TO REDUCE RATES OF RE-OFFENDING AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF SAFER COMMUNITIES, THROUGH, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF MENTORING, ADVICE, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE.

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.

5 trustees on the board

4.8y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 5Other Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£12k 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
1185334
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Sep 2019
Contact on the register
07551689301 · beginagain@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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