Registered charity · Bedford
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 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 for Transport · £53,723
- Harpur Trust · £39,606
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,377 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £15,188 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Fergus Crombie since 2017
- Heenal Kumari Buhariwala since 2025
- Juliet Katharine Paull since 2025
- Karen Andrea Chisnall since 2025
- Sarah Jane Smale since 2025
- Thomas Richard Nettleton Otley since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Fergus Crombie since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Fergus Crombie since 2017
- Heenal Kumari Buhariwala since 2025
- Juliet Katharine Paull since 2025
- Karen Andrea Chisnall since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Sarah Jane Smale since 2025
- Thomas Richard Nettleton Otley since 2025
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
4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021
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
- 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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