Registered charity · Buckinghamshire
Royal Star & Garter
- 14 trustees
- Income £26m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard John Washington WilliamsChair · since 2025
- Anna Mary HarrisonTrustee · since 2025
- Asoka Panduka KarandawalaTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Michael SextonTrustee · since 2023
- David Gareth WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Carolyn Jane EastwoodTrustee · since 2019
- Dr David Richard StaplesTrustee · since 2019
- Francoise BathewsTrustee · since 2023
- Julie Thain-SmithTrustee · since 2015
- Luke John HoughtonTrustee · since 2024
- Maria ByfordTrustee · since 2018
- Sapandeep Maini-ThompsonTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen CrookbainTrustee · since 2023
- William Andrew ReidTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Solihull, Buckinghamshire
- Website
- www.starandgarter.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Star & Garter
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£26m£27m
- 2023£24m£28m
- 2022£22m£25m
Earlier years
- 2021£22m£23m
- 2020£19m£24m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 10% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED AND INCORPORATED ARE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN (EITHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION OR PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER LAWFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER CHARITIES, PERSONS, CORPORATE BODIES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES) HOSPITALS, HOMES AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES IN SUPPORT OF DOMICILIARY CARE, HOME HELP AND DAY CARE FOR DISABLED OR OTHERWISE INCAPACITATED MEMBERS OF OUR FORCES AND FOR DISABLED OR OTHERWISE INCAPACITATED PARTNERS; TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER HELP FOR THEM AND TO HELP AND ADVISE SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR CARERS; TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE INTO THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE; AND TO DO ALL SUCH LAWFUL THINGS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONDUCIVE OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PURPOSES AFORESAID.
Grants received
16 grants · £636,663 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Ministry of Defence · £502,333 (3 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £50,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
- Veterans Foundation · £24,230
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Richard John Washington Williams Chair since 2025
- Anna Mary Harrison since 2025
- Asoka Panduka Karandawala since 2023
- Christopher Michael Sexton since 2023
- David Gareth Williams since 2025
- Dr Carolyn Jane Eastwood since 2019
- Dr David Richard Staples since 2019
- Francoise Bathews since 2023
- Julie Thain-Smith since 2015
- Luke John Houghton since 2024
- Maria Byford since 2018
- Sapandeep Maini-Thompson since 2023
- Stephen Crookbain since 2023
- William Andrew Reid since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Carolyn Jane Eastwood since 2019
- Dr David Richard Staples since 2019
- Julie Thain-Smith since 2015
- Maria Byford since 2018
- William Andrew Reid since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Richard John Washington Williams Chair since 2025
- Anna Mary Harrison since 2025
- Asoka Panduka Karandawala since 2023
- Christopher Michael Sexton since 2023
- Dr Carolyn Jane Eastwood since 2019
- Dr David Richard Staples since 2019
- Francoise Bathews since 2023
- Julie Thain-Smith since 2015
- Sapandeep Maini-Thompson since 2023
- Stephen Crookbain since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- David Gareth Williams since 2025
- Luke John Houghton since 2024
- Maria Byford since 2018
- William Andrew Reid since 2017
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
67.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 8.9 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 210119
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 23 JUNE 1922 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 1 JULY 1958, 3 MAY 1983, 24 JUNE 1991 AND ROYAL CHARTER DATED 21 SEPTEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 13 JUNE 2007 AND PRIVY COUNCIL ORDER DATED 13 JUNE 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number RC000713 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02084817676 · charitysecretary@starandgarter.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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