Registered charity · London
The Velvet Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £46k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Israel
- Linked company
- The Velvet Foundation
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£109k
- 2024£1.4m£970k
- 2023£2.2m£802k
Earlier years
- 2022£123k£1.1m
- 2021£1.1m£648k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:-GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES 4.1.1 TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES)FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WHETHER BY MAKING GRANTS OR OTHERWISE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FITFROM TIME TO TIME ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THEFOLLOWING:PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP 4.1.2 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS, FACILITIES ANDSERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND TO CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TOPREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;4.1.3 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING INTHE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARYSUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT;RELIEF OF SICKNESS 4.1.4 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICALILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BYTHE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION;4.1.5 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY MAKING GRANTS AND PROVIDINGITEMS, FACILITIES AND SERVICES, FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH; ANDADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION 4.1.6 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN THE SUBJECT OF THE JEWISHRELIGION BY MAKING GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION OF THEJEWISH RELIGION.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Michael Aaronson Chair since 2015
- Chee Choong Cheah since 2015
- David Rodney since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Aaronson Chair since 2015
- Chee Choong Cheah since 2015
- David Rodney since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Michael Aaronson Chair since 2015
- Chee Choong Cheah since 2015
- David Rodney since 2015
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1169789
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 SEP 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09797190 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07539 586335 · davidrodney@velvetfoundation.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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