Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham
The Martin James Foundation
- 5 trustees
- Income £88m (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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England, India, Australia, Canada and more
- Website
- www.martinjames.foundation (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£88m£85m
- 2024£77m£75m
- 2023£68m£67m
Earlier years
- 2022£60m£59m
- 2021£58m£55m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179016
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Jul 2018 as amended on 16 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 0121 7161340 · info@martinjames.foundation
- 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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