Registered charity (CIO) · London
Stopwatch
- 7 trustees
- Income £168k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Neena SamotaChair · since 2015
- Dr Michael ShinerTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Rebekah DelsolTrustee · since 2015
- Michael Alexander OswaldTrustee · since 2015
- Paul Henry MortimerTrustee · since 2018
- Prof BEN BowlingTrustee · since 2015
- Prof Lee Thomas BridgesTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Equaliteach · 1 shared trustee
- Voice4Change England Limited · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.stop-watch.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£168k£308k
- 2024£281k£292k
- 2023£248k£283k
Earlier years
- 2022£279k£224k
- 2021£542k£107k
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1) TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS. 2) TO PROMOTE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN POLICING, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS TO ENSURE POLICING IS FAIR, EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE.
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Neena Samota Chair since 2015
- Dr Michael Shiner since 2015
- Dr Rebekah Delsol since 2015
- Michael Alexander Oswald since 2015
- Prof BEN Bowling since 2015
- Paul Henry Mortimer since 2018
- Prof Lee Thomas Bridges since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Neena Samota Chair since 2015
- Dr Michael Shiner since 2015
- Dr Rebekah Delsol since 2015
- Michael Alexander Oswald since 2015
- Prof BEN Bowling since 2015
- Paul Henry Mortimer since 2018
- Prof Lee Thomas Bridges since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Michael Shiner since 2015
- Dr Rebekah Delsol since 2015
- Michael Alexander Oswald since 2015
- Prof BEN Bowling since 2015
- Prof Lee Thomas Bridges since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Neena Samota Chair since 2015
- Paul Henry Mortimer since 2018
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161908
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Jun 2015
- Contact on the register
- 0208 226 5737 · info@stop-watch.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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