Registered charity · Brighton
Friends Families and Travellers
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Darren David Martin DightonChair · since 2021
- Dominique CorbettTrustee · since 2014
- Esther Genty StubbsTrustee · since 2024
- Heidi-Victoria IrelandTrustee · since 2019
- Judy PointingTrustee
- Marc Lawrence Willers KCTrustee
- Marius TabaTrustee · since 2021
- Martin McdonaghTrustee · since 2024
- Robin Timothy TorkingtonTrustee
- Sian WillettTrustee · since 2024
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.gypsy-traveller.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Friends, Families and Travellers
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.7m
- 2024£1.5m£1.5m
- 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.2m
- 2021£998k£913k
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE FOR, AMONG SUCH PERSONS AS ADOPT, WHETHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY AND REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, NATIONALITY OR ETHNIC ORIGINS, A NOMADIC STYLE OR HABIT OF LIFE (HEREIN AFTER REFERRED TO AS 'TRAVELLERS'):1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND COUNSELLING FOR PERSONS IN THE NECESSITOUS SITUATION, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION3. THE PROMOTION FO GOOD HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS 4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RACIAL HARMONY BY ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND NEEDS OF TRAVELLERS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE NEEDS OR AND ISSUES AFFECTING TRAVELLERS 5. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGH FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Darren David Martin Dighton Chair since 2021
- Dominique Corbett since 2014
- Esther Genty Stubbs since 2024
- Heidi-Victoria Ireland since 2019
- Judy Pointing
- Marc Lawrence Willers KC
- Marius Taba since 2021
- Martin Mcdonagh since 2024
- Robin Timothy Torkington
- Sian Willett since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dominique Corbett since 2014
- Heidi-Victoria Ireland since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Darren David Martin Dighton Chair since 2021
- Dominique Corbett since 2014
- Esther Genty Stubbs since 2024
- Heidi-Victoria Ireland since 2019
- Judy Pointing
- Marc Lawrence Willers KC
- Marius Taba since 2021
- Martin Mcdonagh since 2024
- Robin Timothy Torkington
- Sian Willett since 2024
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
4.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112326
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JULY 2005.
- Companies House
- Company number 03597515 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273 234777 · fft@gypsy-traveller.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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