Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Desmond Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £0 (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
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£0
- 2024£0£0
- 2023£0£0
Earlier years
- 2022£0£0
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
4.1 THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO ASSIST AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, EYE CONDITIONS, HEARING LOSS AND DEAFNESS;4.2 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY;4.3 THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED, WHETHER MATERIAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR OTHERWISE;4.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH FAITH THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF JEWISH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS;4.5 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND4.6 THE PROMOTION OF THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR POOR PEOPLE OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE;4.7 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Richard Clive Desmond Chair since 2019
- Richard John Martin since 2019
- Robert Sanderson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Clive Desmond Chair since 2019
- Richard John Martin since 2019
- Robert Sanderson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Richard Clive Desmond Chair since 2019
- Richard John Martin since 2019
- Robert Sanderson since 2019
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.
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1184161
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Jun 2019
- Contact on the register
- 02073085320 · richard.martin@norshell.co.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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