Registered charity · London
Right to Play UK Limited
- 13 trustees
- Income £2.4m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Greg LaiChair · since 2022
- Alexander HowellTrustee · since 2022
- Benjamin James Cresswell KayTrustee · since 2025
- Chimene CrawfordTrustee · since 2018
- Douglas SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Karyn MacdonaldTrustee · since 2023
- Kasase KabweTrustee · since 2023
- Kjartan RistTrustee · since 2018
- Leslie Mccormack GathyTrustee
- Lindsay GrovesTrustee · since 2021
- Mireille AbujawdehTrustee · since 2021
- Nancy CurtinTrustee · since 2020
- Sonal DashTrustee · since 2022
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 4 more
- Where
- Senegal, Burundi, Canada, Ethiopia and more
- Website
- www.righttoplay.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Right to Play UK Limited
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2.4m£2.2m
- 2023£2.1m£2.3m
- 2022£1.8m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.3m£1.3m
- 2020£1.2m£1.3m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP, AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES, PLACE OR PLACES, WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOUR, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISTRESS, HARDSHIP AND WANT OF WELFARE AS AFORESAID, AND TO CONDUCT AND PROCURE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC. 3.2 IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER POWERS IT MAY HAVE, THE CHARITY HAS THE FOLLOWING POWERS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (BUT NOT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE):(A) TO PROVIDE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE, EDUCATION AND HEALTHOF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM THE AFFECTS OF LIVING IN SITUATIONS OF POVERTY, ARMED CONFLICT, DISLOCATION, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL. (B) TO PROMOTE AND RAISE AWARENESS OF HUMANITARIAN ISSUES THROUGH SPORTS ANDSPORTING COMPETITION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Grants received
5 grants · £1,770,000 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
- Postcode Education Trust · £1,755,000 (4 grants)
- CHK Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- Postcode Education Trust
- Postcode Education Trust
- Postcode Education Trust
- Postcode Education Trust
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
- Greg Lai Chair since 2022
- Alexander Howell since 2022
- Benjamin James Cresswell Kay since 2025
- Chimene Crawford since 2018
- Douglas Smith since 2025
- Karyn Macdonald since 2023
- Kasase Kabwe since 2023
- Kjartan Rist since 2018
- Leslie Mccormack Gathy
- Lindsay Groves since 2021
- Mireille Abujawdeh since 2021
- Nancy Curtin since 2020
- Sonal Dash since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Chimene Crawford since 2018
- Kjartan Rist since 2018
- Nancy Curtin since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Greg Lai Chair since 2022
- Alexander Howell since 2022
- Benjamin James Cresswell Kay since 2025
- Chimene Crawford since 2018
- Douglas Smith since 2025
- Karyn Macdonald since 2023
- Kjartan Rist since 2018
- Leslie Mccormack Gathy
- Lindsay Groves since 2021
- Mireille Abujawdeh since 2021
- Nancy Curtin since 2020
- Sonal Dash since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Kasase Kabwe since 2023
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
3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112404
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 MAY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14 OCTOBER 2005, 17 NOVEMBER 2005 AND 26 FEBRUARY 2009 as amended on 26 Jan 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 05441373 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02039154946 · info@righttoplay.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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