Registered charity · London
KEN Dodd Charitable Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £508k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Lady Sybil Anne DoddChair · since 2013
- John Stephen LewisTrustee · since 2018
- Peter VainesTrustee · since 2013
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 1 other charity:
- The Hesperus Foundation · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£508k£916k
- 2024£626k£552k
- 2023£540k£543k
Earlier years
- 2022£557k£527k
- 2021£460k£571k
Charitable objects
A TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.B TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF PERFORMING ARTS BY THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE WORK OF YOUNG ARTISTS.C TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED.D. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ORGANISATION.
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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.
3 trustees on the board
- Lady Sybil Anne Dodd Chair since 2013
- John Stephen Lewis since 2018
- Peter Vaines since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Lady Sybil Anne Dodd Chair since 2013
- John Stephen Lewis since 2018
- Peter Vaines since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Lady Sybil Anne Dodd Chair since 2013
- John Stephen Lewis since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Vaines since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179779
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 29 MAY 2013
- Contact on the register
- 02036933700
- 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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