Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Defendant
The Defendant is a registered charity (number 1192671) based in London, governed by 1 trustee and chaired by Freya Wood since 2020. Latest income £1k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 1 trustee
- Income £1k (2025)
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thedefendant.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1k£1k
- 2024£350£1k
- 2023£2k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£4k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (A)TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OR PROSECUTION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING SERVICES THAT PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT THROUGH ONLINE RESOURCES AND A NATIONAL HELPLINE (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE IN RELATION TO THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
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.
1 trustees on the board
- Freya Wood Chair since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Freya Wood Chair since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1192671
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Dec 2020
- Contact on the register
- 03001245098 · info@thedefendant.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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