Registered charity · London
The Finchley Charities
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard MerrinChair · since 2021
- Chinyere UgwuTrustee · since 2022
- Daniel JaffeTrustee · since 2026
- David BowenTrustee · since 2026
- Helen GordonTrustee · since 2024
- John WelchTrustee · since 2025
- Jules BickersTrustee · since 2025
- Leila SatarTrustee · since 2022
- Nigel BenjaminTrustee · since 2022
- Rabbi Daniel RichTrustee · since 2023
- REV Philip DavisonTrustee
- Susanna MoralesTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Barnet
- Website
- www.thefinchleycharities.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.4m£2.4m
- 2024£2.3m£2.0m
- 2023£2.1m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.5m£2.1m
- 2020£2.0m£1.7m
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES, AND ALLOTMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;AND 2)SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE. 3)RELIEF IN NEED FOR PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. 4)PAYMENTS TO PARISH CHURCHES SITUATED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF FINCHLEY.
Grants received
1 grant · £19,994 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 · £19,994
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Richard Merrin Chair since 2021
- Chinyere Ugwu since 2022
- Daniel Jaffe since 2026
- David Bowen since 2026
- Helen Gordon since 2024
- John Welch since 2025
- Jules Bickers since 2025
- Leila Satar since 2022
- Nigel Benjamin since 2022
- REV Philip Davison
- Rabbi Daniel Rich since 2023
- Susanna Morales since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Richard Merrin Chair since 2021
- Daniel Jaffe since 2026
- David Bowen since 2026
- Helen Gordon since 2024
- John Welch since 2025
- Jules Bickers since 2025
- Leila Satar since 2022
- Nigel Benjamin since 2022
- REV Philip Davison
- Susanna Morales since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Chinyere Ugwu since 2022
- Rabbi Daniel Rich since 2023
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.
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
2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 206621
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE COMMISSION DATED 3 MARCH 2011 as amended on 16 Nov 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02083499167 · info@thefinchleycharities.org
- 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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