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The Travel Foundation

The Travel Foundation is a registered charity (number 1065924) based in Bristol, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Dr Megan Keiko Morikawa since 2022. Latest income £685k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £685k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Croatia, Cyprus, Montenegro and more
Website
www.travel-forward.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Travel Foundation
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£685k£820k
  • 2023£721k£856k
  • 2022£756k£937k
Earlier years
  • 2021£659k£578k
  • 2020£466k£672k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RESEARCH INTO AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE FOLLOWING:THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 10Business services 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£685k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.4 in 2020

9 from 9 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1065924
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 28 AUGUST 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 MAY 2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 JUN 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 SEP 2016
Companies House
Company number 03425954 · Active
Contact on the register
01179273049 · admin@travel-forward.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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