Registered charity · Malmesbury
The James Dyson Foundation
- 4 trustees
- Income £5.5m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Weybourne Corporate Trustee Limited.
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
- Where
- Australia, China, India, Italy and more
- Website
- www.jamesdysonfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The James Dyson Foundation
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£5.5m£5.7m
- 2023£8.1m£8.2m
- 2022£3.1m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.1m£2.7m
- 2020£1.0m£994k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SUCH PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION ("THE TRUSTEES") SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TOM THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE MAKING OF GRANTS, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES AND OTHER LIKE AWARDS;(B) TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL RESEARCH;(C) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- SIR James Dyson CBE Chair
- Lady Deirdre Jessie Dyson BA Hons
- Valerie West since 2006
- Weybourne Corporate Trustee Limited since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Valerie West since 2006
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1099709
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 NOVEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED 17 MARCH 2003 AND 1 SEPTEMBER 2003.
- Companies House
- Company number 04601338 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01666828416 · jamesdysonfoundation@dyson.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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