Registered charity (CIO) · Hull
The G . F Smith & SON Charitable Foundation
- 4 trustees
- Income £9k (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, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9k£10k
- 2024£40k£0
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO: (A) ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING BY WAY OF THE MAKING OF GRANTS OF MONEY AND OTHERWISE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AND SUCH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS (BEING PURPOSES AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CIO SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE PROVIDING THAT THE GRANTS AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE SHALL BE MADE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO ORGANISATIONS OPERATING FROM AND INDIVIDUALS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL OR THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS; AND (B) PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AS A MEANS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, (MEANING ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND) IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS FOR THE PROVISION OF TOOLS OF TRADE, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING WHERE SUCH PERSONS ARE WISHING TO ENTER A GRAPHIC DESIGN OR VISUAL ARTS RELATED PROFESSION.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Gareth Sheekey Chair since 2023
- Benjamin James Watkinson since 2023
- Charlotte Diaz since 2023
- Vanessa Fletcher since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Gareth Sheekey Chair since 2023
- Benjamin James Watkinson since 2023
- Charlotte Diaz since 2023
- Vanessa Fletcher since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1205857
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Nov 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01482323502 · charitabletrust@gfsmith.com
- 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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