Registered charity · London
Prison Reform Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Charles Stace OBEChair · since 2024
- Dr Benjamin CreweTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Hindpal BhuiTrustee · since 2024
- Emma WilsonTrustee · since 2024
- Lord of Haslemere Harold Mark CarterTrustee · since 2023
- Lorna MadenTrustee · since 2025
- Louise SpencerTrustee · since 2023
- Maya FoaTrustee · since 2025
- Muhammad Maqsood Ahmed OBETrustee · since 2018
- Nigel NewcomenTrustee · since 2019
- Osmond Junior SmartTrustee · since 2017
- Rt.Hon. David Michael GaukeTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Prison Reform Trust
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£2.2m
- 2024£1.9m£1.9m
- 2023£2.1m£2.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£1.6m
- 2021£1.5m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO FURTHER AND PROMOTE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PENAL SYSTEM IN THE UK AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.
Grants received
38 grants · £5,855,767 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,523,567 (6 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £423,650 (9 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £400,400 (12 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £300,000 (3 grants)
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £100,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Charles Stace OBE Chair since 2024
- Dr Benjamin Crewe since 2018
- Dr Hindpal Bhui since 2024
- Emma Wilson since 2024
- Lord of Haslemere Harold Mark Carter since 2023
- Lorna Maden since 2025
- Louise Spencer since 2023
- Maya Foa since 2025
- Muhammad Maqsood Ahmed OBE since 2018
- Nigel Newcomen since 2019
- Osmond Junior Smart since 2017
- Rt.Hon. David Michael Gauke since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Benjamin Crewe since 2018
- Muhammad Maqsood Ahmed OBE since 2018
- Nigel Newcomen since 2019
- Osmond Junior Smart since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Nicholas Charles Stace OBE Chair since 2024
- Dr Benjamin Crewe since 2018
- Dr Hindpal Bhui since 2024
- Emma Wilson since 2024
- Lord of Haslemere Harold Mark Carter since 2023
- Lorna Maden since 2025
- Louise Spencer since 2023
- Maya Foa since 2025
- Muhammad Maqsood Ahmed OBE since 2018
- Nigel Newcomen since 2019
- Osmond Junior Smart since 2017
- Rt.Hon. David Michael Gauke since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1035525
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH MARCH 1994
- Companies House
- Company number 02906362 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072515070 · charlotte.story@prisonreformtrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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