The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Directory of Social Change

Registered charity 800517 Registered since 1988

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland, Bahrain, Canada

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 11Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Tech and media 11Other services 4Health and social care 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.9m 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

29 from 31 in 2020
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.dsc.org.uk
Emaildallcocktyler@dsc.org.uk
Phone020 4526 5995
AddressOffice 605, Albert House, 256-260 Old Street, London, EC1V 9DD

Finances

£1,911,977 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,693,013£1,825,766
2021£1,847,254£1,690,897
2022£1,637,897£1,648,391
2023£1,455,853£1,585,543
2024£1,911,977£1,641,399

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY OF CHARITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 22ND NOVEMBER 1988, AS AMENDED 15 DECEMBER 2004

Trustees (11)

11trustees
49median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Directory of Social Change · 02320712 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/11/1988

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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