Registered charity · London
The Forte Charitable Foundation
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- The HON MRS Olga Polizzi CBEChair · since 1997
- Arabella Clare SalweyTrustee · since 2024
- Carole MilnerTrustee · since 2017
- Harry Andrew NaylorTrustee · since 2023
- Karen BradeTrustee · since 2026
- Mrs Charlie Polizzi PeytonTrustee · since 2017
- Nicholas Antony Bevil AclandTrustee · since 2020
- Patrick ReeveTrustee · since 2017
- Rev Paul GismondiTrustee · since 2018
- Salma ShahTrustee · since 2022
- Sharon RichTrustee · since 2022
- Sir Alastair KingTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 7 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.fortecharitablefoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£3.3m
- 2024£1.5m£3.4m
- 2023£1.5m£3.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£3.8m
- 2021£1.5m£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Grants given
481 grants · £13,597,698 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 recipients
- Springboard Charity · £500,000
- Toucan for Children CIO · £100,000
- Inverclyde Faith in Throughcare (IFiT) · £100,000
- Home Start Southwark · £100,000
- Amma Birth Companions · £100,000
Most recent
- Whiterose Administration and Social Centre
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
- The HON MRS Olga Polizzi CBE Chair since 1997
- Arabella Clare Salwey since 2024
- Carole Milner since 2017
- Harry Andrew Naylor since 2023
- Karen Brade since 2026
- Mrs Charlie Polizzi Peyton since 2017
- Nicholas Antony Bevil Acland since 2020
- Patrick Reeve since 2017
- Rev Paul Gismondi since 2018
- Sharon Rich since 2022
- Salma Shah since 2022
- Sir Alastair King since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- The HON MRS Olga Polizzi CBE Chair since 1997
- Carole Milner since 2017
- Mrs Charlie Polizzi Peyton since 2017
- Nicholas Antony Bevil Acland since 2020
- Patrick Reeve since 2017
- Rev Paul Gismondi since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- The HON MRS Olga Polizzi CBE Chair since 1997
- Harry Andrew Naylor since 2023
- Karen Brade since 2026
- Mrs Charlie Polizzi Peyton since 2017
- Patrick Reeve since 2017
- Sharon Rich since 2022
- Salma Shah since 2022
Portfolio (5)
- Arabella Clare Salwey since 2024
- Carole Milner since 2017
- Nicholas Antony Bevil Acland since 2020
- Rev Paul Gismondi since 2018
- Sir Alastair King since 2026
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1063945
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME MADE IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE ON 12 JUNE 1997 AS AMENDED 5 JUNE 2013 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 02 JUN 2016AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 05 JUN 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02031504517
- 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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