The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The BIG Difference

Registered charity 1202119 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 2Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Business services 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1

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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£722k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

4
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.thebigdifference.org.uk
Emailinfo@thebigdifference.org.uk
Phone02380 431600
AddressFORMER HOUSING OFFICE, WOOLSTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9AD

Finances

£721,570 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£231,368£60,569
2025£721,570£545,970

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE COLLECTION, PROVISION AND/OR REDISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS FOOD, CLOTHING, AND ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS; THE PROVISION OF MEALS; IN THE UK;B) PROVIDING SUCH RELIEF TO THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD BASIC FOOD COSTS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS; THE HOMELESS; REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN REFUGES.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Mar 2023

Trustees (4)

4trustees
69median age
0aged 70+

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