The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

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Registered charity 800862 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Isle Of Man

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 8Other services 3Education 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.1m 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.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.1 in 2021

18 from 35 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.respond.org.uk
Emailadmin@respond.org.uk
Phone02073830700
AddressBrick Yard, 28-30 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT

Finances

£1,136,845 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,416,472£1,200,802
2022£1,552,774£1,545,977
2023£1,771,734£1,962,099
2024£1,701,267£1,838,327
2025£1,136,845£1,043,022

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

2.1 The Charity's Objects are, for the public benefit, to: 2.1.1 advance training, education, and research; and 2.1.2 promote, protect and improve physical and mental health (including, without limitation, through the reduction of health inequalities and promotion of trauma informed relational working); to benefit people with disabilities (including but not limited to learning disabilities, autism, dementia and mental health difficulties); in particular but without limitation through the relief of need for individuals with learning disabilities or neurodiversity who have experienced abuse or trauma and/or have abused others.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/01/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/04/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/12/2014 as amended on 01 Oct 2024 as amended on 16 Jun 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Respond · 02337300 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/01/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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