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Registered charity · London

The Otto Giesen Fund

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £22k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Trexco Limited.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£22k£77k
  • 2025£28k£39k
  • 2024£35k£61k
Earlier years
  • 2023£36k£49k
  • 2022£37k£119k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

SUCH ONE OR MORE EXCLUSIVELY OF THE PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, FORMER PARTNERS AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE FIRM OF SLAUGHTER AND MAY OF 35 BASINGHALL STREET, LONDON AND OF THE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS AT THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT AS BEING IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

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.

4 trustees on the board

9.2y median 7y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£28k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
281199
Status
Registered
Governing document
WILL PROVED AT THE PPR ON 30TH APRIL 1980
Contact on the register
02076001200 · richard.morley-jacob@slaughterandmay.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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