The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Mary Ward Settlement

Registered charity 223066 Registered since 1963

Operates: Camden, Newham, Southwark

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

8
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 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6General Charitable Purposes 4Accommodation/housing 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 15Education 6Health and social care 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

21.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.5 in 2021

189 from 159 in 2021
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.
65%
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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk
Emailclerk@marywardcentre.ac.uk
Phone02072696334
AddressMary Ward Centre, 275-285 High Street, Stratford, LONDON, E15 2TF

Finances

£5,981,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,313,000£5,317,000
2022£5,250,000£5,378,000
2023£5,065,000£5,064,000
2024£5,806,000£5,835,000
2025£5,981,000£6,571,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/12/1895AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/1953AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/05/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 MAR 2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Mary Ward Settlement · 00046188 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/12/1895

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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