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Registered charity · London

The Underwood Trust

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £12m (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Where
Throughout England, India, Antarctica, Haiti and more
Website
www.theunderwoodtrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£12m£945k
  • 2025£1.4m£774k
  • 2024£1.4m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2023£1.6m£1.6m
  • 2022£18m£1.4m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

DURING THE LIVES OF THE FOUNDERS TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE FOUNDERS OR THE SURVIVOR OF THEM MAY DIRECT OR IN DEFAULT OF ANY DIRECTION AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION DETERMINE. AFTER THE DEATH OF THE SURVIVOR OF THE FOUNDERS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION DETERMINE HAVING REGARD TO ANY DIRECTIONS OR WISHES EXPRESSED BY THE FOUNDERS IN THEIR LIFETIMES.

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.

2 trustees on the board

16y median 16y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

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company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.4m latest income
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

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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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
266164
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 1ST JULY 1973 as amended on 03 Oct 2024
Contact on the register
020 7486 0100 · michelej@taylorclark.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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