Registered charity · West Sussex
Impact Foundation
Impact Foundation is a registered charity (number 290992) based in West Sussex, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Doctor Brenda Mary Luck. Latest income £2.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISABLEMENT AND FOR THE CURE, MITIGATIONAND RELIEF OF DISABLING CONDITIONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, CONSISTENT WITH ITS STATUS AS A CHARITY.[The new Governing document's Clause 5.5 changes 'developing...
- 13 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
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Network
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Who leads it
- Doctor Brenda Mary LuckChair
- Claire Hicks MBETrustee · since 2011
- Colin SomervilleTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Carolyn Jane WardTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Cecilia Akrisie Anim CBETrustee · since 2024
- Dr Keith Barnard-JonesTrustee · since 2013
- Dr Vinit Navinchandra ShahTrustee
- Gordon BennettTrustee · since 2015
- John Michael O'ConnellTrustee · since 2016
- Judith Anne StaggTrustee · since 2025
- Lucinda Ruth MeagherTrustee · since 2024
- Peter SimonsTrustee · since 2022
- Salwan RassamTrustee · since 2018
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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
- Where
- West Sussex, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and more
- Website
- www.impact.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Impact Foundation
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£1.8m
- 2024£2.3m£2.0m
- 2023£2.1m£2.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.2m£2.3m
- 2021£1.7m£1.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISABLEMENT AND FOR THE CURE, MITIGATIONAND RELIEF OF DISABLING CONDITIONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, CONSISTENT WITH ITS STATUS AS A CHARITY.[The new Governing document's Clause 5.5 changes 'developing countries' to read 'low-income countries' to reflect current language around international development.]
Grants received
11 grants · £79,156 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £57,064 (6 grants)
- The James Tudor Foundation · £9,802 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £6,790
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £3,500
- Sussex Community Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Doctor Brenda Mary Luck Chair
- Claire Hicks MBE since 2011
- Colin Somerville since 2025
- Dr Carolyn Jane Ward since 2025
- Dr Cecilia Akrisie Anim CBE since 2024
- Dr Keith Barnard-Jones since 2013
- Dr Vinit Navinchandra Shah
- Gordon Bennett since 2015
- John Michael O'Connell since 2016
- Judith Anne Stagg since 2025
- Lucinda Ruth Meagher since 2024
- Peter Simons since 2022
- Salwan Rassam since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Claire Hicks MBE since 2011
- Dr Keith Barnard-Jones since 2013
- Gordon Bennett since 2015
- John Michael O'Connell since 2016
- Salwan Rassam since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Doctor Brenda Mary Luck Chair
- Claire Hicks MBE since 2011
- Colin Somerville since 2025
- Dr Carolyn Jane Ward since 2025
- Gordon Bennett since 2015
- John Michael O'Connell since 2016
- Judith Anne Stagg since 2025
- Lucinda Ruth Meagher since 2024
- Salwan Rassam since 2018
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Cecilia Akrisie Anim CBE since 2024
- Dr Keith Barnard-Jones since 2013
- Dr Vinit Navinchandra Shah
- Peter Simons since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 290992
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/01/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/07/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2011 as amended on 23 Nov 2021 as amended on 08 Mar 2022 as amended on 07 Jun 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 01878297 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01444457080 · impact@impact.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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