Registered charity · Plymouth

The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund

The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund is a registered charity (number 290480) based in Plymouth, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Dr Joanna Farrugia since 2013. Latest income £15k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as P D L F (Charity Commission)

9 trustees
Income £15k (2024)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where: Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City
Website: www.pdlf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1984

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2024£15k£3k
2023£20k£28k
2022£12k£18k

Earlier years

2021£15k£220
2020£9k£16k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AMONGST PERSON LIVING IN PLYMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT SUFFERING FROM LEUKAEMIA AND RELATED DISORDERS BY: A) THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH AUTHORITY) AND B) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THESE DISORDERS IN THE LOCAL AREA PROVIDING THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED.

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.

9 trustees on the board

5.2y median 3.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Joanna Farrugia Chair since 2013
Dawn James since 2018

6.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 9

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 1

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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£15k latest income

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 290480
Status: Registered
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16TH JULY 1984
Contact on the register: 01752430888 · admin@pdlf.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 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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