The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The British Polio Fellowship

Registered charity 1108335 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

4.2y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
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

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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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.britishpolio.org.uk
Emailkripen@britishpolio.org.uk
Phone0800 0431935
AddressUnit 10 CP House, Otterspool Way, Watford, Watford, WD18 0FQ

Finances

£1,102,032 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£536,497£409,103
2021£888,474£392,720
2022£525,965£515,091
2023£662,890£618,405
2024£1,102,032£629,684

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
73median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The British Polio Fellowship · 05294321 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/11/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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