Registered charity · Penfold Street
The Health Forum
The Health Forum is a registered charity (number 1151980) based in Penfold Street, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Halaleh Taheri since 2019. Latest income £525k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as BME Health Forum (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £525k (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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
- Website
- www.bmehf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Health Forum
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£525k£519k
- 2024£511k£480k
- 2023£313k£354k
Earlier years
- 2022£377k£345k
- 2021£239k£224k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PEOPLE FROM THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, WESTMINSTER AND HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, IN PARTICULAR BY1. PROVIDING A FORUM FOR VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO 1.1. STUDY AND RESEARCH THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ISSUES WHICH AFFECT THEM 1.2. DISSEMINATE THE FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH1.3. RAISE AWARENESS OF THESE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ISSUES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT1.4. COMMUNICATE, NETWORK AND PROVIDE LINKS AND BUILD CAPACITY WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, RESEARCH/ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND FUNDING AGENCIES TO INFLUENCE POLICY AND DECISIONS AFFECTING THEM.2. INFORMING POLICY, LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND ASSISTING IN THE PROMULGATION OF EFFECTIVE POLICIES AND GOOD PRACTICES, 2.1. SO AS TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR THE PEOPLE FROM THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES 2.2. SO THAT HEALTH SERVICES ARE ABLE TO MEET THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
Grants received
9 grants · £2,228,421 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,403,268 (2 grants)
- Comic Relief · £435,943 (2 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £320,400 (3 grants)
- Imperial Health Charity · £68,810 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Halaleh Taheri Chair since 2019
- Alison Jane Devlin since 2017
- Abdul Aziz Toki since 2019
- David Murray Truswell since 2016
- Edward KAY KIU Chan since 2013
- Gladys Marion Jusu-Sheriff since 2014
- Kaveh Kalantari since 2016
- Zohra Davis since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Halaleh Taheri Chair since 2019
- Alison Jane Devlin since 2017
- Abdul Aziz Toki since 2019
- David Murray Truswell since 2016
- Edward KAY KIU Chan since 2013
- Gladys Marion Jusu-Sheriff since 2014
- Kaveh Kalantari since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Halaleh Taheri Chair since 2019
- Alison Jane Devlin since 2017
- Abdul Aziz Toki since 2019
- David Murray Truswell since 2016
- Edward KAY KIU Chan since 2013
- Kaveh Kalantari since 2016
- Zohra Davis since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Gladys Marion Jusu-Sheriff since 2014
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151980
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 MAR 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08013774 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07958479217 · info@bmehf.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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