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Registered charity · London

The Downside Settlement

The Downside Settlement is a registered charity (number 252196) based in London, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Robert Henry Dewes Coke since 2014. Latest income £555k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Downside Fisher Youth Club (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £555k (2025)
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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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Southwark
Website
www.downside-fisher.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Downside Settlement
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£555k£506k
  • 2024£390k£428k
  • 2023£399k£511k
Earlier years
  • 2022£427k£452k
  • 2021£375k£406k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROVIDE AND RUN FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR YOUNG PERSONS, IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 AS THEREIN LIMITED WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION IN LIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHRISTIAN ETHOS; AND2.TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE LACK OF RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS IN BERMONDSEY AND INTO METHODS OF IMPROVING SUCH FACILITIES AND TO PUBLISH AND/OR IMPLEMENT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Grants received

12 grants · £193,799 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

8y median 8.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12

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 13Other services 5Finance 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£555k latest income
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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

15
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
252196
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/04/1936AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/05/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/05/2001NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07/12/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/01/2014
Companies House
Company number 00313105 · Active
Contact on the register
07989449235 · info@downside-fisher.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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