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Registered charity (CIO) · London

Battersea Befriending Network (BBN)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £37k (2025)
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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
Disability
Where
Wandsworth
Website
www.batterseabefriendingnetwork.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£37k£26k
  • 2024£16k£25k
  • 2023£21k£21k
Earlier years
  • 2022£31k£15k
  • 2021£11k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH IN THE BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH WHO ARE, OR ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: A) THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING SERVICE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST SUCH PERSONS. B) ENABLING SUCH INDIVIDUALS TO BE MORE CONFIDENT IN ACCESSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. C) RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO BE BEFRIENDERS, DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEFRIENDER’S ROLE AND LIMITATIONS, PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. D) ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIP WORKING WITH OTHER MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE A QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR SERVICE USERS.

Grants received

5 grants · £85,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The Wimbledon Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • Postcode Society Trust · £25,000

Most recent

  • The Wimbledon Foundation £15,0002025-06-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-01-23
  • The Wimbledon Foundation £15,0002024-06-06
  • Postcode Society Trust £25,0002022-08-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002021-08-27
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.

11 trustees on the board

4.9y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
6
trustees past 6 years
6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Education/training 2Religious Activities 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Education 1Other services 1

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£16k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1194593
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 26 May 2021
Contact on the register
02089475788 · info@batterseabefriendingnetwork.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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