The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Downside Settlement

Registered charity 252196 Registered since 1968

Operates: 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.

8y median 8.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
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

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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£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.

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

Websitewww.downside-fisher.org
Emailinfo@downside-fisher.org
Phone07989449235
AddressDOWNSIDE FISHER YOUTH CLUB, COXSON PLACE, DRUID STREET, LONDON, SE1 2EZ

Finances

£555,153 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£374,602£406,457
2022£427,197£451,665
2023£398,996£510,660
2024£390,476£427,775
2025£555,153£505,557

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
54median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Downside Settlement(the) · 00313105 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/04/1936

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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