Registered charity · London
Dalgarno Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £726k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Disability and 6 more
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
- Website
- www.dalgarnotrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dalgarno Trust
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£726k£771k
- 2024£814k£720k
- 2023£666k£622k
Earlier years
- 2022£632k£606k
- 2021£557k£472k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 31% · Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ST CHARLES WARD AND THE NORTH KENSINGTON AREA ,WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR OTHEROPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE PUBLIC, VOLUNTARY AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS IN ACOMMON EFFORT:1) TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR COMMUNITY, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, SPORTING AND OTHERLEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN ADJOINING LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS (INCLUDING THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH);2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO PROVIDE OR HELP TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOREDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OR SELF EMPLOYMENT ANDTO ADVICE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE SUFFERING FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;3) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIESWITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEETTHEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;4) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ACCESS TO OPENSPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;5) TO UNDERTAKE OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS ARE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THEAREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
23 grants · £345,413 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
- John Lyon's Charity · £169,000 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £48,503 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £22,800
Most recent
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
- Armin Guy Ranawake Chair since 2020
- ALI Mohamed Ismail since 2017
- Christopher Herbert since 2019
- Christopher John Griffin since 2016
- Jing Zhao since 2025
- Joseph Andrew O'Sullivan since 2025
- Michelle Poponne since 2019
- Selina Chotai since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- ALI Mohamed Ismail since 2017
- Christopher Herbert since 2019
- Christopher John Griffin since 2016
- Michelle Poponne since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- ALI Mohamed Ismail since 2017
- Christopher Herbert since 2019
- Jing Zhao since 2025
- Joseph Andrew O'Sullivan since 2025
- Michelle Poponne since 2019
- Selina Chotai since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Armin Guy Ranawake Chair since 2020
- Christopher John Griffin since 2016
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
7.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1105119
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 APRIL 2004 as amended on 17 Aug 2021 as amended on 04 Feb 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 05093320 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089696300 · ESMA@DALGARNOTRUST.ORG.UK
- 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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