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The Relay Trust

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £8.6m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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 3 more
Where
Ethiopia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan and more
Website
www.relaytrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.6m£7.0m
  • 2023£9.5m£8.6m
  • 2022£6.4m£6.4m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.9m£1.6m
  • 2020£676k£1.3m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, IN LEADERSHIP, MINISTRY, AGRICULTURE, ENTERPRISE AND GOVERNANCE OF PEOPLE, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY:(I) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION BY HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION;(II) PROVIDING IN THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT;(III) SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS OF ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION;(IV) SUPPORTING THE FURTHER TRAINING OF THE STAFF OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING FURTHER STUDY, IN SERVICE TRAINING AND ATTENDING CONFERENCES; AND(V) PROVIDING GRANTS TO AND CO-OPERATING WITH OTHERS TO ASSIST WITH THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY MEANS OF PROMOTING, SUSTAINING AND INCREASING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDY, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE;3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES, WHICH INCLUDES THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING, AS WELL AS THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH,BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO EASE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM OR TO PROVIDE COMFORTS FOR PATIENTS.4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO INCLUDE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(I) THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP;(II) THE PROMOTION OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION; (III) THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING;(IV) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(V) PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES; AND(VI) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING.5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(I) THE PROVISION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP;(II) RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES;(III) CARRYING OUT RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONAL ACTS; AND(IV) CARRYING OUT MISSIONARY AND OUTREACH WORK.6) PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(I) GRANTS OF MONEY;(II) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS (EITHER OUTRIGHT OR ON LOAN) SUCH AS FURNITURE, BEDDING, CLOTHING, FOOD, FUEL, HEATING APPLIANCES, WASHING MACHINES AND FRIDGES;(III) PAYMENT FOR SERVICES SUCH AS ESSENTIAL HOUSE DECORATING, INSULATION AND REPAIRS, LAUNDERING, MEALS ON WHEELS, OUTINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND UTILITIES;(IV) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES SUCH AS THE SUPPLY OF TOOLS OR BOOKS, PAYMENTS OF FEES FOR INSTRUCTION, EXAMINATION OR OTHER EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, LANGUAGE, LITERACY, NUMERICAL OR TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO HELP THE RECIPIENTS TO EARN THEIR LIVING, EQUIPMENT AND FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURSUITS OR TRAINING INTENDED TO BRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES TO A REASONABLE STANDARD; AND(V) THE PROVISION OF MONEY MANAGEMENT AND DEBT COUNSELLING ADVICE.7) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL TO OR THE CHARITY MAY THINK CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS AND TO ALL OR ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED ABOVE.

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

10y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 2General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
incomespending£8.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 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.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2020

8 from 6 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1170596
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 19 MAR 2016
Contact on the register
07453523434 · NEILSMITH@RELAYTRUST.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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