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The Helen Suzman Foundation (UK)

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £31k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales, South Africa
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£31k£23k
  • 2024£28£900
  • 2023£11£939
Earlier years
  • 2022£10k£21k
  • 2021£28k£21k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4.1 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UK THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE LATE HELEN SUZMAN AND THE ACTIVITIES AND WORKS OF THE HELEN SUZMAN FOUNDATION SOUTH AFRICA.4.2 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTH AFRICA, (INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, AS RECORDED IN THE SAID UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION, PREVENTION OF INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, PRESERVATION OF AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY, THE RIGHT TO VOTE BY FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE RULE OF LAW), BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.2.1 RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; 4.2.2 SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; 4.2.3 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; 4.2.4 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; 4.2.5 COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION; 4.2.6 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; 4.2.7 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; 4.2.8 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;4.2.9 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS4.3 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:4.3.1 THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY , SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;4.3.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;4.3.3 PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS OR DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;4.3.4 CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;4.3.5 CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF, AND WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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.

2 trustees on the board

13y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 2Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£31k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1155861
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 10/02/2014
Contact on the register
07788454145 · danjowell@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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