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Registered charity · Watford

The British Polio Fellowship

The British Polio Fellowship is a registered charity (number 1108335) based in Watford, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £440k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £440k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.britishpolio.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The British Polio Fellowship
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£440k£659k
  • 2024£1.1m£630k
  • 2023£663k£618k
Earlier years
  • 2022£526k£515k
  • 2021£888k£393k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD OR MAY YET HAVE POLIO AND POST POLIO SYNDROME OR ASSOCIATED AILMENTS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) REPRESENTING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD OR MAY YET HAVE POLIO AND POST POLIO SYNDROME OR ASSOCIATED AILMENTS;B) ASSISTING THEM TO TAKE THEIR FULL INTEGRATED PART IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY;C) OFFERING HELP, ADVICE, INFORMATION ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) TO SUCH PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE UK;D) LIAISING WITH SIMILAR GROUPS WORLDWIDE TO RECEIVE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE.

Grants received

7 grants · £76,166 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £48,400
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £27,766 (6 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,8002022-09-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,8002017-07-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,5952009-11-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £48,4002008-10-02
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,7502006-11-10
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.

9 trustees on the board

4.2y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Business services 8Health and social care 3Other services 2

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.

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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£1.1m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

43.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.7 in 2020

8 from 6 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
1108335
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/09/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAR 2014
Companies House
Company number 05294321 · Active
Contact on the register
0800 0431935 · kripen@britishpolio.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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