The Martin James Foundation

Registered charity 1179016 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England, India, Australia, Canada, Madagascar, New Zealand, Thailand, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Carolyn Housman Chair since 2025
Grace Wanjiku Njeri since 2024
Kenneth John Thompson since 2023
Maria Heckel since 2022
Rene van der Kooij since 2024

2.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Carolyn Housman Chair since 2025
Grace Wanjiku Njeri since 2024
Kenneth John Thompson since 2023
Maria Heckel since 2022
Rene van der Kooij since 2024

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1

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

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2025

incomespending£87.8m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

989 from 752 in 2021

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.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.martinjames.foundation
Email	info@martinjames.foundation
Phone	0121 7161340
Address	Unit 4, The School Yard, 106 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham

Finances

£87,823,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£57,576,551	£55,421,372
2022	£59,973,432	£58,795,875
2023	£68,461,687	£66,705,916
2024	£76,656,000	£74,526,000
2025	£87,823,000	£84,757,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS OR SUFFERING, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES (INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF WAR, NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE OR CATASTROPHE) EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY AMONGST CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN THE UK AND WORLDWIDE

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Jul 2018 as amended on 16 Sep 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees

45median age

0aged 70+

Carolyn Housmanage band 45-49 Chair since 2025
Grace Wanjiku Njeri since 2024
Kenneth John Thompson since 2023
Maria Heckel since 2022
Rene van der Kooij since 2024

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