Registered charity · London
The Henry Smith Charity
- 11 trustees
- Income £16m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Abureza Faisel RahmanTrustee · since 2021
- Andrew BeeforthTrustee · since 2021
- Baldeesh NahlTrustee · since 2022
- Ben KernighanTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher Mark GrangerTrustee · since 2019
- George RobertsTrustee · since 2021
- Janet GarrillTrustee · since 2022
- Jonathan AsquithTrustee · since 2019
- Nicola PollockTrustee · since 2024
- The Lady Bella Colgrain DLTrustee · since 2014
- William SieghartTrustee · since 2023
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£16m£82m
- 2023£14m£66m
- 2022£12m£81m
Earlier years
- 2021£11m£53m
- 2020£12m£55m
Charitable objects
SUMMARY OBJECTS ONLY - FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE SEE SCHEME1) RELIEF OF POOR KINDRED OF HENRY SMITH2) HOSPITALS AND OTHER FORMS OF CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR IN NEED3) RELIEF OF POOR, AGED OR SICK PERSONS AND THEIR SPOUSES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND DEPENDANTS4) RELIEF OF POOR, AGED OR SICK CLERGY AND THEIR SPOUSES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND DEPENDANTS5) RELIEF, REHABILITATION AND TRAINING OF DISABLED PERSONS, INCLUDING DISABLED EX-SERVICEMEN AND WAR WIDOWS6) MEDICAL RESEARCH7) PROMOTION OF MORAL WELFARE OR SOCIAL SERVICE8) RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN SLAVES OR SERFS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED OR DISTRESS OR FOR PREVENTING THE SEIZURE OF PERSONS FOR SLAVERY OR SERFDOM9) MAINTENANCE OF GODLY PREACHERS OR OTHERWISE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OR PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND RELIGION10) RELIEF OF POOR, AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS WITHIN THE ESTATES OR ELSEWHERE IN ENGLAND AND WALES
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Abureza Faisel Rahman since 2021
- Andrew Beeforth since 2021
- Baldeesh Nahl since 2022
- Ben Kernighan since 2022
- Christopher Mark Granger since 2019
- George Roberts since 2021
- Janet Garrill since 2022
- Jonathan Asquith since 2019
- Nicola Pollock since 2024
- The Lady Bella Colgrain DL since 2014
- William Sieghart since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Mark Granger since 2019
- Jonathan Asquith since 2019
- The Lady Bella Colgrain DL since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Abureza Faisel Rahman since 2021
- Andrew Beeforth since 2021
- Baldeesh Nahl since 2022
- Ben Kernighan since 2022
- George Roberts since 2021
- Janet Garrill since 2022
- Jonathan Asquith since 2019
- The Lady Bella Colgrain DL since 2014
- William Sieghart since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Mark Granger since 2019
- Nicola Pollock since 2024
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
1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 230102
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 05 OCT 2000AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18 MAR 2009AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 07 MAY 2013 as amended on 06 Dec 2022 as amended on 14 Jun 2023 as amended on 17 Sept 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02072644970
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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