The Charles Russell Speechlys Foundation
Registered charity 1188257 CIO Registered since 2020
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- Andrew Michael Mckeown Collins since 2024
- Bartholomew GUY Peerless since 2021
- Katy Crothall since 2020
- Larissa Joy since 2020
- Naomi Neiland since 2024
- Olakemi Ademojure Olafare since 2024
- Suzanne Michelle Gatward since 2025
- Tamasin Fairlie Perkins since 2024
3.2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Katy Crothall since 2020
- Larissa Joy since 2020
10.9y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Andrew Michael Mckeown Collins since 2024
- Katy Crothall since 2020
- Naomi Neiland since 2024
- Olakemi Ademojure Olafare since 2024
- Suzanne Michelle Gatward since 2025
- Tamasin Fairlie Perkins since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Bartholomew GUY Peerless since 2021
- Larissa Joy since 2020
4
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
General Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.
Professional services 7Arts and leisure 5Education 2
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.
incomespending£639k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.
9.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 13.0 in 2021
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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
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
- Social Business Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Blackford Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Band Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Mackintosh Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Martin Smith Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Thrive AT Five 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| foundation@crsblaw.com | |
| Phone | 01285 841900 |
| Address | CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS LLP, 5 FLEET PLACE, LONDON, EC4M 7RD |
Finances
£639,399 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £343,714 | £251,237 |
| 2022 | £387,190 | £358,671 |
| 2023 | £503,718 | £300,080 |
| 2024 | £547,887 | £493,457 |
| 2025 | £639,399 | £558,051 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable objects
THE OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND & WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Feb 2020
Trustees (8)
8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+
- Andrew Michael Mckeown Collins since 2024
- Bartholomew GUY Peerlessage band 55-59 since 2021
- Katy Crothall since 2020
- Larissa Joyage band 55-59 since 2020
- Naomi Neilandage band 50-54 since 2024
- Olakemi Ademojure Olafare since 2024
- Suzanne Michelle Gatward since 2025
- Tamasin Fairlie Perkinsage band 45-49 since 2024
Connected charities (9)
- The Blackford Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Band Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Mackintosh Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Thrive AT Five 1 shared trustee
- The Geoff & Fiona Squire Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The R & CH Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- Creative Mentors Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Martin Smith Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Social Business Trust 1 shared trustee
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