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Registered charity · London

The Smithfield Trust

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
City Of London, Islington
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
  • 2022--
Earlier years
  • 2021£3k£3k
  • 2020£647£1k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE AREA KNOWN AS SMITHFIELD IN THAT PART OF THE CITY OF LONDON AND THAT PART OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON BOUNDED BY CLERKENWELL ROAD, FARRINGDON ROAD, FARRINGDON STREET, HOLBORN VIADUCT, NEWGATE STREET, ALDERSGATE STREET, AND GOSWELL ROAD WHICH AREA SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFFERED TO AS "THE AREA OF BENEFIT" AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE AREA THEREIN KNOWN AS LITTLE BRITAIN IN THE CITY OF LONDON.

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.

2 trustees on the board

11y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 2

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

Other services 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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 2 years.
2020
2021
incomespending£3k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
280597
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30TH MAY 1980 AS AMENDED 24TH FEBRUARY 1982 AND 28TH JULY 1992
Contact on the register
02075660041 · info@smithfieldtrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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