Registered charity · London
Helpforce Community
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Massoud Keyvan-FouladiTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Richard LewisTrustee · since 2024
- Jayne BlacklayTrustee · since 2018
- Karen BonnerTrustee · since 2021
- Keith Mark LeverTrustee · since 2026
- Lara SonolaTrustee · since 2023
- Penelope GreenTrustee · since 2024
- Rosemary Brook ArbiterTrustee · since 2023
- Sara PouliosTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
- Website
- helpforce.community (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Helpforce Community
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.7m
- 2024£1.3m£1.6m
- 2023£2.0m£1.6m
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 16% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.2 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY WORKING TOGETHER, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITH PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATIONS; AND3.2.2 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE,IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ADVANCING THE ACCELERATION, GROWTH AND IMPACT OF VOLUNTEERING.
Grants received
2 grants · £1,176,240 total360Giving 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 National Lottery Community Fund · £876,240
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £300,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dr Massoud Keyvan-Fouladi since 2023
- Dr Richard Lewis since 2024
- Jayne Blacklay since 2018
- Karen Bonner since 2021
- Keith Mark Lever since 2026
- Lara Sonola since 2023
- Penelope Green since 2024
- Rosemary Brook Arbiter since 2023
- Sara Poulios since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Jayne Blacklay since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Massoud Keyvan-Fouladi since 2023
- Jayne Blacklay since 2018
- Karen Bonner since 2021
- Keith Mark Lever since 2026
- Lara Sonola since 2023
- Penelope Green since 2024
- Rosemary Brook Arbiter since 2023
- Sara Poulios since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Richard Lewis since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2023
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1199824
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 JUN 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 10919485 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07779671443 · help@helpforce.community
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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