Registered charity (CIO) · London
Vital Hardware
- 3 trustees
- Income £3k (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
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.vitalhardware.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£1k
- 2024£3k£1k
- 2023£5k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£200£71
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO EDUCATE AND ADVANCE IN LIFE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (UP TO THE AGE OF 30) IN AND AROUND LONDON WHO ARE FROM SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR RELIGION, BY ENCOURAGING, NURTURING AND DEVELOPING THEIR CREATIVE TALENT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES IN CREATIVE SKILLS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THEIR ENTRY INTO CAREERS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION ADVERTISING, DIGITAL, DESIGN, MARKETING).
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Thomas Philipson Chair since 2021
- Mark Lawrence Saunders since 2021
- Nick Rappolt since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Thomas Philipson Chair since 2021
- Mark Lawrence Saunders since 2021
- Nick Rappolt since 2021
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
- 1194319
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 May 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07734915009 · donate@vitalhardware.org
- 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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