Registered charity · Hull
The SIR James Reckitt Charity
The SIR James Reckitt Charity is a registered charity (number 225356) based in Hull, governed by 17 trustees and chaired by Sarah Helen Craven. Latest income £1.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 17 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Sarah Helen CravenChair
- Caroline JenningsTrustee
- Charles Arnold MaxstedTrustee
- Christopher Charles MaxstedTrustee · since 2024
- Edward Tristram Collingwood UptonTrustee
- Henrietta Mary Mclay CustTrustee · since 2024
- James Patrick AthertonTrustee · since 2012
- Michelle FisherTrustee · since 2020
- Miss Rebecca HoltTrustee
- MR William UptonTrustee
- Oliver James JenningsTrustee · since 2017
- Ondine Elizabeth UptonTrustee · since 2017
- Philip James Harrison Holt FCA FcieTrustee · since 2003
- Robert GibsonTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah Jane JonesTrustee · since 2024
- Simon Edward UptonTrustee
- Simon James UptonTrustee
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 7 more
- Where
- Kingston Upon Hull City, East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Website
- www.thesirjamesreckittcharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.7m£2.2m
- 2024£1.8m£2.3m
- 2023£1.8m£2.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£3.4m
- 2021£1.7m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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.
17 trustees on the board
- Sarah Helen Craven Chair
- Caroline Jennings
- Charles Arnold Maxsted
- Christopher Charles Maxsted since 2024
- Edward Tristram Collingwood Upton
- Henrietta Mary Mclay Cust since 2024
- James Patrick Atherton since 2012
- Miss Rebecca Holt
- MR William Upton
- Michelle Fisher since 2020
- Ondine Elizabeth Upton since 2017
- Oliver James Jennings since 2017
- Philip James Harrison Holt FCA Fcie since 2003
- Robert Gibson since 2025
- Simon James Upton
- Sarah Jane Jones since 2024
- Simon Edward Upton
Trustees past 6 years
- James Patrick Atherton since 2012
- Michelle Fisher since 2020
- Ondine Elizabeth Upton since 2017
- Oliver James Jennings since 2017
- Philip James Harrison Holt FCA Fcie since 2003
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Sarah Helen Craven Chair
- Charles Arnold Maxsted
- Edward Tristram Collingwood Upton
- Henrietta Mary Mclay Cust since 2024
- Miss Rebecca Holt
- MR William Upton
- Ondine Elizabeth Upton since 2017
- Oliver James Jennings since 2017
- Robert Gibson since 2025
- Sarah Jane Jones since 2024
- Simon Edward Upton
Portfolio (6)
- Caroline Jennings
- Christopher Charles Maxsted since 2024
- James Patrick Atherton since 2012
- Michelle Fisher since 2020
- Philip James Harrison Holt FCA Fcie since 2003
- Simon James Upton
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
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 19.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 225356
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INDENTURE DATED 25 MAY 1921 AND SCHEME OF 20 SEPTEMBER 1972
- Contact on the register
- 07507 340121 · kelly@thesirjamesreckittcharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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