Croda Foundation

Registered charity 1196455 Registered since 2021

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Dr Helena Louise Ganczakowski Chair since 2023
Camilla Knox Clarke since 2024
Philip James Hartley Ruxton since 2024
Stuart Arnott since 2021
Veronica Santana de Freitas Blanco since 2023

3.2y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

15.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Dr Helena Louise Ganczakowski Chair since 2023
Camilla Knox Clarke since 2024
Stuart Arnott since 2021
Veronica Santana de Freitas Blanco since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Manufacturing 3Professional services 2Finance 1

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

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 4 years.

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.5m latest income

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.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.3 in 2022

3 from 2 in 2022

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.

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Assocn of Chief Executives of VOL Orgs - Acevo Similar size; both General purposes
AGE UK West Cumbria Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.crodafoundation.com
Email	contact@crodafoundation.com
Phone	01405863340
Address	CRODA FOUNDATION, SNAITH, COWICK HALL, GOOLE, DN14 9AA

Finances

£1,510,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2022	£3,185,000	£1,793,000
2023	£1,035,000	£1,877,000
2024	£1,449,000	£1,834,000
2025	£1,510,000	£1,423,000

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE ANY SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER AND ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 DEC 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 NOV 2021

Trustees (5)

4trustees

57median age

0aged 70+

Dr Helena Louise Ganczakowskiage band 60-64 Chair since 2023
Camilla Knox Clarkeage band 50-54 since 2024
Philip James Hartley Ruxton since 2024
Stuart Arnottage band 60-64 since 2021
Veronica Santana de Freitas Blancoage band 40-44 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Croda Foundation · 13097522 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/12/2020

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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