The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation

Registered charity 1161513 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£160k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
Emailsubmissions@wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
Phone02074294100
AddressTHE WILBUR & NISO SMITH FOUNDATION, Unit 9, 5-7 Wells Terrace, LONDON, N4 3JU

Finances

£159,541 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£111,641£110,569
2021£58,144£70,122
2022£146,515£89,219
2023£73,359£126,005
2024£159,541£158,941

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1 TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ART OF LITERATURE, AND TO EXTEND AND INCREASE APPRECIATION, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAME;2 TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION RELATING TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE ART OF LITERATURE;3 TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT;AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS), NO OTHER PURPOSES.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 01 May 2015

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation · CE004038 · Active

Charitable Incorporated Organisation · incorporated 01/05/2015

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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