Registered charity · Warrington
Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide
Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide is a registered charity (number 1070896) based in Warrington, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Harry John Hesketh Biggs-Davison since 2017. Latest income £5.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Papyrus (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £5.3m (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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.papyrus-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.3m£6.9m
- 2024£5.6m£5.4m
- 2023£4.5m£4.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.4m£3.8m
- 2021£2.8m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF SUICIDE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CONCERNING YOUNG PEOPLETO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE BY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WHERE POSSIBLE, TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THEM, THEIR FAMILIES AND/OR THEIR CARERS
Grants received
25 grants · £1,306,082 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 of Health and Social Care · £625,000 (2 grants)
- Monument Trust · £200,000
- BBC Children in Need · £112,811 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £85,345 (2 grants)
- Ministry of Defence · £82,170
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Ministry of Defence
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Harry John Hesketh Biggs-Davison Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Gemma Bowen since 2021
- Amy Hart since 2026
- Andrew Airey since 2022
- Helen Mckenzie-Smith since 2026
- Jacob Wood since 2026
- Karen Jane Smith since 2024
- Phoebe Olivia Torrance since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Harry John Hesketh Biggs-Davison Chair since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Harry John Hesketh Biggs-Davison Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Gemma Bowen since 2021
- Amy Hart since 2026
- Helen Mckenzie-Smith since 2026
- Jacob Wood since 2026
- Karen Jane Smith since 2024
- Phoebe Olivia Torrance since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Andrew Airey since 2022
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
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1070896
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 APRIL 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 27 JUNE 1998, 7 OCTOBER 2000 AND 20TH NOVEMBER 2003.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 APR 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2020 as amended on 25 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03555482 · In Administration
- Contact on the register
- 01925572444 · admin@papyrus-uk.org
- 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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