The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Doctors in Distress

Registered charity 1184953 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

6 trustees on the board

4.3y median 4.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£228k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.doctors-in-distress.org.uk
Emailcontact@doctors-in-distress.org.uk
Phone07766461221
Address28 STRATFORD WAY, WATFORD, WD17 3DJ

Finances

£227,820 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£219,266£129,284
2022£225,628£259,157
2023£203,348£251,983
2024£293,704£265,426
2025£227,820£302,748

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WORKING IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:A) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO DOCTORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ORGANISATIONAL LEADERS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE MEASURES THAT MIGHT PREVENT WORK PLACE STRESS, BURNOUT AND SUICIDE.B) PROVIDING INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE AFFECT BY WORK PLACE STRESS, BURNOUT AND SUICIDE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Aug 2019 as amended on 15 Jun 2024

Trustees (6)

6trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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