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Registered charity · Croydon

Gingerbread Corner

Gingerbread Corner is a registered charity (number 278093) based in Croydon, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Maria Martin. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to:a) improve the social and economic circumstances of disadvantaged families;b) preserve, protect and improve the good health (mental, emotional and physical) of children and their parents;...

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Croydon, Surrey
Website
www.gingerbreadcorner.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Gingerbread Corner
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£771k£840k
  • 2023£742k£797k
Earlier years
  • 2022£721k£793k
  • 2021£758k£922k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to:a) improve the social and economic circumstances of disadvantaged families;b) preserve, protect and improve the good health (mental, emotional and physical) of children and their parents; and c) prevent and relieve the suffering of children who have been the subject of cruelty and maltreatment.

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.

7 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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 8Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£771k 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.1 in 2021

24 from 44 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.
431 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
278093
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 MAY 1979 AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 MARCH 1991 AND 12 NOVEMBER 1992 AND 30 JULY 2008 as amended on 21 Dec 2018
Companies House
Company number 01424489 · Active
Contact on the register
020 8683 3322 · info@gingerbreadcorner.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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