Prepare for a pitch
A board's record, tenure and links before you meet.
I have a call on Thursday with a chair I have never met. I want to know the board before I speak.
A governance consultant who runs board reviews
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Read the board
Hope UK, a charity in Kettering. Its board lists its trustees as the Charity Commission has them, longest-serving first, with the year each joined.
Registered charity - Gold Street, KetteringHope UKHope UK is a registered charity (number 1044475) based in Kettering, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £216k (2025).
- Kate Sandison 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2013
- Christina Becares 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2014
- Ann Small 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2019
- Ayo Adedoyin 6+ yearsTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Dannielle Kydd-SinclairTrustee · since 2021
- Michelle ArthurtonTrustee · since 2021
- Yinka AyeniTrustee · since 2021
- Beverley MayersTrustee · since 2023
3 more people on this board.
Source: Charity Commission register · updated 1st November 2026 · See the whole board
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See the tenure
Time on the board since appointment. Several seats here have been held for many years.
Registered charity - Gold Street, KetteringHope UK4 of 11 dated seats have been held for six years or more. Many boards cap service at six to nine years, so these are the seats most likely to change.
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreSource: Charity Commission register · updated 1st November 2026 · See the board
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See who else they know
Organisations that share board members with this charity. A shared member is a formal link, not proof the organisations work together.
Registered charity - Gold Street, KetteringHope UKPeople on this board also sit on these boards. Each link is a person recorded on both.
- Latimer Congregational Church1 shared trustee
- Kettering Temperance Society1 shared trustee
Source: Charity Commission register · updated 1st November 2026 · See the network
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Know where the facts come from
The register, the edition date and the licence, plus what Governance Register calculated rather than copied.
Registered charity - Gold Street, KetteringHope UK- Official source
- Charity Commission register
- Register edition
- 1st November 2026
- Licence
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Calculated here
- Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
- Identity
- Records are treated as the same person only where our identity-matching rules support it. Confirmed relationships are supported by the approved identity-matching evidence and rules. Likely relationships are supported by sufficient evidence to suggest the records concern the same individual, but are not established as confirmed; they are shown with the label “Likely the same person”. How people are matched
Source: Charity Commission register · updated 1st November 2026 · See the sources
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