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Smart Criminal Justice Services

Smart Criminal Justice Services is a registered charity (number 1069087) based in Bedford, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Smart CJS Smart Criminal Justice Services (Charity Commission)

Objects2.1 SMART CJS is established for the promotion of charitable purposes within the United Kingdom, for:2.1.1 the advancement of education;2.1.2 the protection of health;2.1.3 the relief of poverty, sickness and distress;2.1.4 the reduction of...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (2025)

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Milton Keynes, Bedford
Website
www.smartcjs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Smart Criminal Justice Services
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.3m£1.4m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.7m£2.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£2.2m
  • 2021£2.7m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 83%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

Objects2.1 SMART CJS is established for the promotion of charitable purposes within the United Kingdom, for:2.1.1 the advancement of education;2.1.2 the protection of health;2.1.3 the relief of poverty, sickness and distress;2.1.4 the reduction of substance related harm to the individual and the wider community;(hereinafter referred to as "the Objects")

Grants received

9 grants · £173,160 total

360Giving 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

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.

6 trustees on the board

2.3y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 5Business services 1Tech and media 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021

30 from 68 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
1069087
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM OF ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 4 JULY 1997. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 7 APRIL 1998 AND 25 FEBRUARY 2008.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 MAY 2017 as amended on 27 Feb 2020
Companies House
Company number 03398982 · Active
Contact on the register
01234365955 · supportservices@smartcjs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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