Registered charity · London
National Voices
Also known as Long-Term Conditions Alliance (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £913k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Helen BuckinghamChair · since 2021
- Clare WoodfordTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Meera ShahTrustee · since 2022
- Eamonn DunneTrustee · since 2024
- Esther FreemanTrustee · since 2024
- Ezra Ben-YisraelTrustee · since 2021
- Harry EvansTrustee · since 2020
- Helen BallTrustee · since 2022
- Jessica CunnettTrustee · since 2024
- Kalu ObukaTrustee · since 2021
- Samantha HolmesTrustee · since 2022
- Sherone PhillipsTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.nationalvoices.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- National Voices
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£913k£897k
- 2024£812k£839k
- 2023£756k£815k
Earlier years
- 2022£818k£791k
- 2021£775k£686k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 58% · Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH ORDISABILITY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION TO RELIEVE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LONG-TERMHEALTH CONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT I IMITATION, BYFOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS AND/OR PUBLIC BODIES CONNECTED WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN ACOMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SERVICE USERS AND TOPROMOTE SERVICES WHICH TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEEDS OF SERVICE USERS ANDCARERS; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF HEALTH AND SOCIALCARE, INCLUDING THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND TREATMENTS OF ALL LONG-TERM HEALTHCONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES.
Grants received
17 grants · £843,790 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
- Department of Health and Social Care · £671,790 (11 grants)
- Department of Health · £90,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £60,000
- Guy's and St Thomas' Charity · £22,000
- Nesta · (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
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
- Helen Buckingham Chair since 2021
- Clare Woodford since 2021
- Dr Meera Shah since 2022
- Eamonn Dunne since 2024
- Esther Freeman since 2024
- Ezra Ben-Yisrael since 2021
- Harry Evans since 2020
- Helen Ball since 2022
- Jessica Cunnett since 2024
- Kalu Obuka since 2021
- Samantha Holmes since 2022
- Sherone Phillips since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Harry Evans since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Clare Woodford since 2021
- Dr Meera Shah since 2022
- Eamonn Dunne since 2024
- Esther Freeman since 2024
- Ezra Ben-Yisrael since 2021
- Harry Evans since 2020
- Jessica Cunnett since 2024
- Kalu Obuka since 2021
- Samantha Holmes since 2022
- Sherone Phillips since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Helen Buckingham Chair since 2021
- Helen Ball since 2022
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.
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
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1057711
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 AUGUST 1996 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 4 JUNE 2008 AND 20 OCTOBER 2008
- Companies House
- Company number 03236543 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02031760738 · info@nationalvoices.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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