Registered charity · London
Battersea United Charities
- 9 trustees
- Income £21k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Philip William BeddowsChair · since 2004
- Alexander John ReadTrustee · since 2023
- Claire Jean Phipps FCATrustee · since 2023
- Councillor Tony BeltonTrustee · since 2011
- George Ian Henry Hope HendersonTrustee · since 2022
- Kate SutcliffeTrustee · since 2014
- Marie Hanson MBETrustee · since 2022
- Stephen Alan WillmettTrustee · since 2008
- Tessa Mary Edwina StricklandTrustee · since 2005
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Wandsworth
- Website
- www.batterseaunitedcharities.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£21k
- 2024£15k£17k
- 2023£23k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£33k£34k
- 2021£32k£25k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE RESIDENT IN, OR ATTEND AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN, THE FORMER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BATTERSEA.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE FORMER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BATTERSEA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS OR THE PROVISION OF OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Philip William Beddows Chair since 2004
- Alexander John Read since 2023
- Councillor Tony Belton since 2011
- Claire Jean Phipps FCA since 2023
- George Ian Henry Hope Henderson since 2022
- Kate Sutcliffe since 2014
- Marie Hanson MBE since 2022
- Stephen Alan Willmett since 2008
- Tessa Mary Edwina Strickland since 2005
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip William Beddows Chair since 2004
- Councillor Tony Belton since 2011
- Kate Sutcliffe since 2014
- Stephen Alan Willmett since 2008
- Tessa Mary Edwina Strickland since 2005
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Philip William Beddows Chair since 2004
- Alexander John Read since 2023
- Councillor Tony Belton since 2011
- Claire Jean Phipps FCA since 2023
- George Ian Henry Hope Henderson since 2022
- Kate Sutcliffe since 2014
- Marie Hanson MBE since 2022
- Stephen Alan Willmett since 2008
Portfolio (1)
- Tessa Mary Edwina Strickland since 2005
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 247377
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 13 DEC 1938AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 24 JUN 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07813668897 · batterseacharities@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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