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Holocaust Memorial DAY Trust
Holocaust Memorial DAY Trust is a registered charity (number 1109348) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Sir Sajid Javid since 2025. Latest income £1.5m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 13 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2026)
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Who leads it
- Sir Sajid JavidChair · since 2025
- Brian MarkesonTrustee · since 2024
- David AshleyTrustee · since 2019
- David AustinTrustee · since 2022
- Dawn WatermanTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Linda AsquithTrustee · since 2025
- Joan SalterTrustee · since 2022
- Julian BlakeTrustee · since 2024
- Michael Henry MarxTrustee · since 2018
- Paul GiannasiTrustee · since 2022
- Phil RosenbergTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Dame Robina ShahTrustee · since 2025
- SIR Leigh LewisTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.hmd.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Holocaust Memorial DAY Trust
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£1.5m£1.5m
- 2025£1.4m£1.4m
- 2024£1.2m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2023£1.1m£1.2m
- 2022£1.1m£1.1m
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE MENTAL AND MORAL IMPROVEMENT OF MANKIND BY:(A) COMMEMORATING AND REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST (THE PERSECUTION AND MASS MURDER OF 6 MILLION JEWS BY THE NAZIS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES DURING THE PERIOD 1933-45) AND THE VICTIMS OF THE PERSECUTION AND MURDER THAT RESULTED FROM THE TARGETING OF OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE BY NAZI RACE POLICIES - INCLUDING ROMA, SINTI, BLACK PEOPLE, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE, LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE AND MANY OF THE SLAVIC PEOPLES - BY THE PROMOTION ORGANISATION AND SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF PURPOSE (SCHEDULE 1) AND STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT (SCHEDULE 2);(B) PROMOTING A PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE EXERCISE AND PROTECTION OF THOSE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FREEDOM FROM GENOCIDE, TORTURE, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT, SLAVERY AND UNLAWFUL FORCED LABOUR, THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE, EXPRESSION AND RELIGION AND THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION; AND(C) PROMOTING HARMONY BETWEEN COMMUNITIES INCLUDING RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY.4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ALSO OF THE PERSECUTION AND MURDER OF OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE AS PART OF NAZI RACE POLICIES TOGETHER WITH THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF SUCH EVENTS.4.3 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION BY RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF RACISM AND PREJUDICE IN SOCIETY INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST AND SUBSEQUENT ACTS OF SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION IN PARTICULAR THOSE LEADING TO GENOCIDE.
Grants received
9 grants · £4,610,000 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
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £3,600,000 (5 grants)
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · £980,000 (3 grants)
- Culham St Gabriel's Trust · £30,000
Most recent
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Sir Sajid Javid Chair since 2025
- Brian Markeson since 2024
- David Ashley since 2019
- David Austin since 2022
- Dawn Waterman since 2025
- Dr Linda Asquith since 2025
- Joan Salter since 2022
- Julian Blake since 2024
- Michael Henry Marx since 2018
- Paul Giannasi since 2022
- Phil Rosenberg since 2024
- Professor Dame Robina Shah since 2025
- SIR Leigh Lewis since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- David Ashley since 2019
- Michael Henry Marx since 2018
- SIR Leigh Lewis since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Sir Sajid Javid Chair since 2025
- David Ashley since 2019
- David Austin since 2022
- Dawn Waterman since 2025
- Joan Salter since 2022
- Julian Blake since 2024
- Phil Rosenberg since 2024
- SIR Leigh Lewis since 2017
Portfolio (5)
- Brian Markeson since 2024
- Dr Linda Asquith since 2025
- Michael Henry Marx since 2018
- Paul Giannasi since 2022
- Professor Dame Robina Shah since 2025
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.
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
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1109348
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/2015 as amended on 20 Jul 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 05415454 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077857029 · enquiries@hmd.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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