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Registered charity · London

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a registered charity (number 262067) based in London, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Rosanna Geraldine O'Connor since 2026. Latest income £913k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as ASH (Charity Commission)

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £913k (2025)
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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.ash.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Action on Smoking and Health
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£913k£961k
  • 2024£903k£974k
  • 2023£791k£766k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£837k
  • 2021£929k£856k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR SUCH PURPOSESFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OFENGLAND AND WALES BOTH IN ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUTWITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE AFOREGOING WORDING):3.1 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE HARMFULEFFECTS OF CIGARETTE OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CIGARETTEAND OTHER TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS.

Grants received

6 grants · £777,000 total

360Giving 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

  • Department of Health and Social Care · £777,000 (6 grants)

Most recent

  • Department of Health and Social Care £40,0002022-09-22
  • Department of Health and Social Care £55,0002022-09-22
  • Department of Health and Social Care £140,0002019-08-29
  • Department of Health and Social Care £140,0002018-08-29
  • Department of Health and Social Care £210,0002018-04-01
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

5.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (4)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 14Disability 1Education/training 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 14Professional services 6Property 4

Gaps to watch

  • 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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£913k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

9.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.1 in 2021

12 from 9 in 2021
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.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
262067
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH JANUARY 1971, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14TH JUNE 1979 AND 10 JANUARY 1994. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 FEBRUARY 2010. as amended on 25 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 00998971 · Active
Contact on the register
07958563097 · enquiries@ash.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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