The Whitechapel Mission
Registered charity 227905 Registered since 1964
Operates: Throughout London
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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
- Michael Spurr Chair since 2018
- Cheryl Gurnham since 2018
- Dr Keith Aldred PHD, Cpfa
- Louis Colley since 2026
- Peter Jackson Butt BSC Mbcs
- Paul Hornsby since 2011
- Rev Jennifer Hunter Smith since 2019
- Rev Jenny Ann Impey since 2021
7.2y median 7.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Spurr Chair since 2018
- Cheryl Gurnham since 2018
- Paul Hornsby since 2011
- Rev Jennifer Hunter Smith since 2019
6.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Peter Jackson Butt BSC Mbcs
- Paul Hornsby since 2011
- Rev Jenny Ann Impey since 2021
Portfolio (5)
- Michael Spurr Chair since 2018
- Cheryl Gurnham since 2018
- Dr Keith Aldred PHD, Cpfa
- Louis Colley since 2026
- Rev Jennifer Hunter Smith since 2019
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Religious Activities 3
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 1Education 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
incomespending£1.6m 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.
1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
18 from 15 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.
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
- Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets 3 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Prison Radio Association 1 shared trustee
- Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission 1 shared trustee
- Loughton Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
- The Butler Trust 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Hyperlipidaemia Education & Atherosclerosis Research Trust UK Similar size; both Health
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.whitechapel.org.uk |
| director@whitechapel.org.uk | |
| Phone | 02072478280 |
| Address | WHITECHAPEL MISSION, 212 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, LONDON, E1 1BJ |
Finances
£1,343,357 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,627,417 | £1,419,361 |
| 2022 | £1,434,234 | £1,280,982 |
| 2023 | £1,406,907 | £1,494,979 |
| 2024 | £1,570,596 | £1,623,279 |
| 2025 | £1,343,357 | £1,535,006 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable objects
A HOSTEL FOR RESCUE AND AFTER CARE WORK AND A LAND COLONY AND HOME FOR RESCUE AND AFTER CARE CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH SHALL DETERMINE.
Governing document: MODEL TRUST DEED DATED 15TH DECEMBER 1932 AS AMENDED 30TH AUGUST 1967 AND 2 NOVEMBER 1994
Trustees (8)
8trustees
64median age
0aged 70+
- Michael Spurrage band 60-64 Chair since 2018
- Cheryl Gurnham since 2018
- Dr Keith Aldred PHD, Cpfa
- Louis Colley since 2026
- Peter Jackson Butt BSC Mbcs
- Paul Hornsby since 2011
- Rev Jennifer Hunter Smith since 2019
- Rev Jenny Ann Impey since 2021
Connected charities (6)
- Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets 3 shared trustees
- Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission 2 shared trustees
- Loughton Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
- Prison Radio Association 1 shared trustee
- The Butler Trust 1 shared trustee
- Funds of the 5TH London Company of the Boys' Brigade 1 shared trustee
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