The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Road Safety Trust

Registered charity 1156300 Registered since 2014

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

12
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 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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.

Professional services 18Education 4Health and social care 3

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£102.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.9 in 2021

7
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.roadsafetytrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@roadsafetytrust.org.uk
Phone07736466059
AddressColwyn Chambers, York Street, Manchester, M2 3BA

Finances

£102,117,204 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£64,220,774£62,675,923
2022£76,083,182£75,664,229
2023£88,326,312£88,278,322
2024£94,871,753£96,467,364
2025£102,117,204£103,941,575

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC):1. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HUMAN LIFE AND HEALTH BY THE PREVENTION OF PERSONAL INJURY TO, AND THE DEATH OF, ROAD USERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO ROAD SAFETY (THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH SHALL BE DISSEMINATED) AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL MEASURES, INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION, ENGINEERING OR ENFORCEMENT, AIMED AT REDUCING PERSONAL INJURY AND DEATH; AND2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ISSUES OF ROAD SAFETY WITH THE OBJECT OF REDUCING PERSONAL INJURY AND DEATH AMONGST ROAD USERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY PROMOTING SAFE PRACTICES IN RELATION TO PUBLIC ROAD USE AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO SUCH SAFE PRACTICES (THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH SHALL BE DISSEMINATED).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 JAN 2014 as amended on 14 Oct 2025

Trustees (13)

13trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Road Safety Trust · 08837451 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/01/2014

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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