BODY AND SOUL

Registered charity 1060062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Body & Soul is a pioneering UK charity delivering a proven transformational programme for people of all ages who have experienced childhood adversity, including those affected by family disruption, suicidal behaviour and HIV.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, PARTNERS AND CARERS; B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL MATTERS WHICH ARE RELATED TO, OR THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO, HIV; C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO MAY EXPERIENCE, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA; D) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO TRAUMA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £114,195, having previously operated at a deficit in 2024. The trustees report that unrestricted general reserves stood at £298,172, which is below their stated policy target of three months' running costs (approximately £351,000), though this shortfall was anticipated as part of their income generation strategy. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Warner Wilde Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 17/11/2023, 17 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET, BODY AND SOUL, Sadler's Wells broadwayworld.com · 21/03/2026
• Body and Soul, review: Why would English National Ballet subject its dancers to this humiliating orgy? telegraph.co.uk · 20/03/2026
• English National Ballet’s Body and Soul: a very mixed bag bachtrack.com · 19/03/2026
• Review: English National Ballet’s double bill Body and Soul - commentaries on the state of the contemporary world gramilano.com · 19/03/2026
• English National Ballet: Body and Soul timeout.com · 08/12/2025

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03245543

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BODY & SOUL (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PAYNE, Tudor Stephen — director, appointed 06/02/2026on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Samantha — director, appointed 28/02/2025on trustee list
• PARBHA, Jagdeep Singh — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• AGWANG, Marjorie — director, appointed 13/01/2014on trustee list
• CHIDAKWA, Munya — director, appointed 15/08/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jagdeep Parbha
• Jane Dutton
• MUNYA CHIDAKWA
• Marjorie Agwang
• Samantha Campbell
• Tudor Payne

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUL FOUNDATION.

• SOUL FOUNDATION income £264k
• ART & SOUL income £58k
• HEART N SOUL income £847k
• LIFE AND SOUL YOUTH WORK income £74k
• SOCIAL ORGANISATION FOR UNITY AND LEISURE (SOUL) income £494k
• THE LIFE AND SOUL KITCHEN LTD income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.