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The Paperweight Trust

The Paperweight Trust is a registered charity (number 1146302) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Benjamin Conway since 2011. Latest income £499k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £499k (2025)

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Who leads it

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.paperweight.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Paperweight Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£499k£489k
  • 2024£262k£380k
  • 2023£503k£339k
Earlier years
  • 2022£170k£294k
  • 2021£634k£224k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND EMOTIONAL STRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FREE PRACTICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE PRIMARILY TO PERSONS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RESIDENT IN THE UK WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, KNOWLEDGE OR AS A RESULT OF CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS BEREAVMENT, DIVORCE OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS AND/OR OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE

Grants received

13 grants · £324,690 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

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002025-10-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9902025-09-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-04-18
  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002024-02-07
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-01-06
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.

6 trustees on the board

9y median 9.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Accommodation/housing 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.

Property 19Professional services 12Health and social care 9

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£499k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1146302
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/07/2011
Companies House
Company number 07705745 · Active
Contact on the register
0330 174 4300 · info@paperweight.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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