Registered charity · London
Charishare Restricted Common Investment
- 8 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- John HeskettChair · since 2014
- Andrew BrettellTrustee · since 2015
- David LoughTrustee · since 2011
- Jeremy ThompsonTrustee · since 2014
- Julian Arthur Vaughan SmithTrustee
- Robert Renton PopeTrustee
Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Blackrock Fund Managers Limited, BNY Mellon Trust & Depositary (UK) Limited.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- Charinco Common Investment Fund · 6 shared trustees
- Charishare Common Investment Fund · 6 shared trustees
- Leeds Castle Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Princess Anne's Charities · 1 shared trustee
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About
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.blackrock.co.uk/charities (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024--
- 2023--
- 2022--
Earlier years
- 2021--
- 2020--
Charitable objects
THE PROVISION OF A COMMON INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE INVESTMENT OF SUMS OF MONEY AND OTHER PROPERTY (EXCLUDING INVESTMENT IN TOBACCO AND RELATED COMPANIES) FROM TIME TO TIME TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PARTICIPATING CHARITY. PROVIDED THAT THE PARTICIPATING CHARITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION OF THIS SCHEME, TO THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE FUND IN SHARES DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO THE AMOUNT OR VALUE OF THE MONEYS OR PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND BY OR ON BEHALF OF EACH PARTICIPATING CHARITY AND TO THE VALUE OF THE FUND AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSFERS.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- John Heskett Chair since 2014
- Andrew Brettell since 2015
- Blackrock Fund Managers Limited
- BNY Mellon Trust & Depositary (UK) Limited since 2013
- David Lough since 2011
- Jeremy Thompson since 2014
- Julian Arthur Vaughan Smith
- Robert Renton Pope
Trustees past 6 years
- John Heskett Chair since 2014
- Andrew Brettell since 2015
- BNY Mellon Trust & Depositary (UK) Limited since 2013
- David Lough since 2011
- Jeremy Thompson since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (6)
- John Heskett Chair since 2014
- Andrew Brettell since 2015
- David Lough since 2011
- Jeremy Thompson since 2014
- Julian Arthur Vaughan Smith
- Robert Renton Pope
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1062581
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS OF 2 OCTOBER 2000 AMENDED BY SCHEMES OF 6 OCTOBER 2003, 25 NOVEMBER 2005 27 FEBRUARY 2007 AND 22 APRIL 2008 AND SCHEME DATED 24 JUNE 2010SCHEME AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 01/05/2014AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 01/07/2015
- Contact on the register
- 02077431084 · CANDIDA.DESILVA@BLACKROCK.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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