Registered charity (CIO) · London
National Emergencies Trust
- 13 trustees
- Income £572k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Barradell OBEChair · since 2020
- Alastair WhiteheadTrustee · since 2025
- Andrew Ian Beeforth OBETrustee · since 2019
- Claire MackintoshTrustee · since 2025
- Dalton LeongTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Benjamin John GriffithsTrustee · since 2021
- Gerald Ernest OppenheimTrustee · since 2019
- Jes LavdaTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan ClarkTrustee · since 2023
- Martin SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Natasha ElcockTrustee · since 2025
- Ruth DavisonTrustee · since 2024
- Thelma StoberTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability
- Where
- Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£572k£702k
- 2024£481k£773k
- 2023£573k£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.4m£3.3m
- 2021£90m£93m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO RELIEVE AND TO ENABLE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR DISABILITY, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL, OF THE VICTIMS OF EMERGENCY INCIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS; TO RELIEVE AND TO ENABLE THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF EMERGENCY INCIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS; AND TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIDER APPROPRIATE AND WHICH ARE ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING NATIONAL AND LOCAL VOLUNTARY SECTOR CAPACITY:(A)RELATING TO EMERGENCY INCIDENTS;(B)FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VICTIMS OF EMERGENCY INCIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS;(C)RELATING TO THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE INHABITING AN AREA AFFECTED BY AN EMERGENCY INCIDENT WHOSE LIVELIHOODS, SECURITY OR HEALTH ARE AT RISK; AND/OR (D)OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN AN AREA AFFECTED BY AN EMERGENCY INCIDENT, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY SUPPORTING CHARITIES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN SUCH AN AREA.
Grants received
14 grants · £25,635,690 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,000,000
- Three Guineas Trust · £1,000,000
- Indigo Trust · £1,000,000
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation · £1,000,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £1,000,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Grants given
86 grants · £96,188,969 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top recipients
- UK Community Foundations · £76,217,225 (59 grants)
- Comic Relief · £5,977,023 (6 grants)
- Crowdfunder Ltd · £1,820,000 (4 grants)
- MIND · £1,576,164 (2 grants)
- Refugee Council · £1,520,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
13 trustees on the board
- John Barradell OBE Chair since 2020
- Alastair Whitehead since 2025
- Andrew Ian Beeforth OBE since 2019
- Claire Mackintosh since 2025
- Dalton Leong since 2021
- Dr Benjamin John Griffiths since 2021
- Gerald Ernest Oppenheim since 2019
- Jes Lavda since 2024
- Jonathan Clark since 2023
- Martin Smith since 2024
- Natasha Elcock since 2025
- Ruth Davison since 2024
- Thelma Stober since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- John Barradell OBE Chair since 2020
- Andrew Ian Beeforth OBE since 2019
- Gerald Ernest Oppenheim since 2019
- Thelma Stober since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- John Barradell OBE Chair since 2020
- Alastair Whitehead since 2025
- Andrew Ian Beeforth OBE since 2019
- Claire Mackintosh since 2025
- Dr Benjamin John Griffiths since 2021
- Jes Lavda since 2024
- Martin Smith since 2024
- Natasha Elcock since 2025
- Ruth Davison since 2024
- Thelma Stober since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Dalton Leong since 2021
- Gerald Ernest Oppenheim since 2019
- Jonathan Clark since 2023
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
14.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182809
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Apr 2019
- Contact on the register
- 000000000000 · info@nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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