The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The British Diabetic Association

Registered charity 215199 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15Disability 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.

Health and social care 16Utilities 7Business services 6

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£38.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 5.8 in 2020

429 from 400 in 2020
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.
4%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.diabetes.org.uk
Emailhelpline@diabetes.org.uk
Phone03451232399
AddressWells Lawrence House, 126 Back Church Lane, London, E1 1FH

Finances

£38,402,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£37,655,000£36,661,000
2021£37,884,000£37,436,000
2022£42,115,000£41,950,000
2023£42,700,000£49,406,000
2024£38,402,000£44,146,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND ITS RELATED COMPLICATIONS AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM; 2. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND ITS RELATED COMPLICATIONS AND OF THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM; 3. TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF DIABETES BY EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS WHO CARE FOR THEM, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND 4. TO IMPROVE AND FUND RESEARCH RELATED TO THE CAUSES , PREVENTION AND CURE OF DIABETES AND INTO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND ITS COMPLICATIONS, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/06/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/06/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/07/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/07/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/09/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 02/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAY 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAR 2018 as amended on 26 Feb 2026

Trustees (15)

15trustees
50median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Diabetic Association(the) · 00339181 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 11/04/1938

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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