The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Ruth Smart Foundation

Registered charity 1080021 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Belize, Mauritius, United States, Jersey

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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.

3 trustees on the board

17.7y median 26y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 2Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2Disability 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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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£171k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone020 7412 0050
AddressHUNTERS LAW LLP, 9 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3QN

Finances

£171,106 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£130,356£238,589
2021£140,931£288,859
2022£152,609£273,720
2023£159,049£273,468
2024£171,106£279,183

What it does

What

AnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS OF ANY SPECIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE OF REFUGES RESCUE HOMES ANIMAL HOSPITALS SANCTUARIES AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF UNWANTED ANIMALS AND THE TREATMENT OF SICK OR ILL TREATED ANIMALS AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS WHOSE PURPOSES INCLUDE ANY OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS MY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT MY TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR A PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF MY DEATH INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY AUTHORISED INVESTMENT AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Governing document: WILL DATED 11TH OCTOBER 1994, AS AMENDED BY CODICIL DATED 13TH OCTOBER 1997 PROVED AT PROBATE ON 2ND JUNE 1999. SCHEME DATED 11 AUGUST 2000.

Trustees (3)

3trustees
0aged 70+

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