Registered charity (CIO) · London
Cosmic
The objects of the CIO are: 1. to further the charitable purposes of neonatal units and paediatric units at hospitals in London, in particular but not limited to the neonatal unit at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London W2 and at Queen Charlotte’s...
- 10 trustees
- Income £992k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Simon NadelChair · since 2023
- Amanda HamerlaTrustee · since 2024
- Angela BirkinTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Sunit Vinod GodambeTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Thomas LissauerTrustee · since 2020
- Henry Edward Hugh St GeorgeTrustee · since 2023
- Jeanne Diiorio AltbergerTrustee · since 2023
- Jeremy MillsTrustee · since 2020
- Joshua LawrenceTrustee · since 2020
- Sara WanTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham
- Website
- www.cosmiccharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£992k£876k
- 2024£461k£672k
- 2023£564k£520k
Earlier years
- 2022£374k£432k
- 2021£530k£387k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are: 1. to further the charitable purposes of neonatal units and paediatric units at hospitals in London, in particular but not limited to the neonatal unit at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London W2 and at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith, London W12 (the "NICU") and the paediatric unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London W2 (the “PICU”) in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) for the improvement in the care of newborn babies and of children through the provision of equipment or facilities and for the provision of facilities for the accommodation and support of parents of children being treated in the NICU or the PICU or any additional neonatal or paediatric unit at either hospital or any neonatal or paediatric unit that replaces the function of either of them; and 2. the advancement of medical science for the public benefit and for the promotion of other charitable purposes for the benefit of children.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Simon Nadel Chair since 2023
- Amanda Hamerla since 2024
- Angela Birkin since 2018
- Dr Sunit Vinod Godambe since 2023
- Dr Thomas Lissauer since 2020
- Henry Edward Hugh St George since 2023
- Jeanne Diiorio Altberger since 2023
- Jeremy Mills since 2020
- Joshua Lawrence since 2020
- Sara Wan since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Angela Birkin since 2018
- Dr Thomas Lissauer since 2020
- Jeremy Mills since 2020
- Joshua Lawrence since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Dr Simon Nadel Chair since 2023
- Amanda Hamerla since 2024
- Angela Birkin since 2018
- Dr Sunit Vinod Godambe since 2023
- Dr Thomas Lissauer since 2020
- Henry Edward Hugh St George since 2023
- Jeanne Diiorio Altberger since 2023
- Jeremy Mills since 2020
- Joshua Lawrence since 2020
- Sara Wan since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
13.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 19.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1180494
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Oct 2018 as amended on 04 Feb 2020 as amended on 23 Mar 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02033126175 · info@cosmiccharity.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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