The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Dockland Settlements

Registered charity 306025 Registered since 1963

Operates: Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets

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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.

10.8y median 12y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

24.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 13Retail and trade 11Health and social care 10

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£1.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 44.3 in 2021

29 from 26 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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.docklandsettlements.org.uk
Emailinfo@docklandsettlements.org.uk
Phone02085344121
AddressThe Dockland Settlements, 98 Gibbins Road, LONDON, E15 2HU

Finances

£1,014,990 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£755,633£721,016
2022£744,618£783,796
2023£839,540£955,761
2024£798,409£1,076,214
2025£1,014,990£1,018,374

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER, SETTLEMENTS, CLUBS OR HOSTELS AND DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE SOCIAL SERVICE AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, PHYSICAL, MENTAL MORAL AND CULTURAL TRAINING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 11 DECEMBER 1924 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 23 MARCH 1950 AND 26 OCTOBER 1960 AND 14 OCTOBER 1996

Trustees (9)

9trustees
67median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Dockland Settlements(the) · 00202349 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/12/1924

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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