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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

20y median 20y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

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

Professional services 1

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.

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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

6 from 5 in 2020
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
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
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