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Registered charity · Old St. Mellons

Victim Support

A) For the public benefit, to reduce the distress, adverse financial impact and disadvantageous effects on present and potential victims and witnesses of crime, traumatic events and other forms of harmful behaviour, as well as on others touched by...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £53m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.victimsupport.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Victim Support
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£53m£52m
  • 2024£50m£51m
  • 2023£48m£49m
Earlier years
  • 2022£44m£43m
  • 2021£41m£40m
Charitable objects

A) For the public benefit, to reduce the distress, adverse financial impact and disadvantageous effects on present and potential victims and witnesses of crime, traumatic events and other forms of harmful behaviour, as well as on others touched by the distress of those individuals who are in need, in particular by promoting and providing services that provide emotional and practical support; B) To advance public education and awareness by research into, and analysis of, issues relating to victims and witnesses of crime, traumatic events and other forms of harmful behaviour, their families and friends and others affected, and to disseminate the results to bring about positive change.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

12 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

10
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 12Other 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 6Business services 5

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£52.7m 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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

1234 from 975 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.
98%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
298028
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/08/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/11/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 APR 2016 as amended on 28 Feb 2020 as amended on 13 Nov 2020 as amended on 09 Dec 2022
Companies House
Company number 02158780 · Active
Contact on the register
02072680259 · supportline@victimsupport.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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