Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Powell Family Foundation
The objects of the CIO are:To advance the life prospects, independence and education of blind and vision impaired children, young people and adults aged 25 and under who are resident in the United Kingdom, through the provision of grants to...
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon Peter Mittell CurtisChair · since 2020
- Abigail SayaghTrustee · since 2024
- Alison Kate OliverTrustee · since 2023
- Daniel James SwainTrustee · since 2026
- David AldwinckleTrustee · since 2026
- David Boulton GendersTrustee · since 2020
- John RenshawTrustee · since 2020
- John TurnbullTrustee · since 2024
- Steven BartonTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.tpff.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£2.1m
- 2024£1.9m£1.5m
- 2023£2.8m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£529k
- 2021£20m£96k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are:To advance the life prospects, independence and education of blind and vision impaired children, young people and adults aged 25 and under who are resident in the United Kingdom, through the provision of grants to individuals and charitable organisations in such ways as the charity trustees see fit.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Simon Peter Mittell Curtis Chair since 2020
- Abigail Sayagh since 2024
- Alison Kate Oliver since 2023
- David Boulton Genders since 2020
- Daniel James Swain since 2026
- David Aldwinckle since 2026
- John Renshaw since 2020
- John Turnbull since 2024
- Steven Barton since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Peter Mittell Curtis Chair since 2020
- David Boulton Genders since 2020
- John Renshaw since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Abigail Sayagh since 2024
- Alison Kate Oliver since 2023
- David Boulton Genders since 2020
- Daniel James Swain since 2026
- David Aldwinckle since 2026
- John Renshaw since 2020
- John Turnbull since 2024
- Steven Barton since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Simon Peter Mittell Curtis Chair since 2020
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
31.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1190017
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Jun 2020 as amended on 16 Feb 2023 as amended on 21 Feb 2024 as amended on 26 Feb 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02074584554 · info@tpff.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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