Registered charity · London
The Lord Forte Foundation
- 5 trustees
- Income £80k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- SIR Rocco ForteChair · since 1987
- Andrew MckenzieTrustee · since 2010
- Lydia Irene Bianca ForteTrustee · since 2026
- MR Nick Scade MBETrustee · since 2005
- The HON Olga Marie Louise Anna Polizzi DI Sorrentino CBETrustee · since 1987
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- The Lady Forte Foundation · 2 shared trustees
- Polizzi Charitable Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Gold Service Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- Allchild · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£80k£67k
- 2024£82k£88k
- 2023£82k£118k
Earlier years
- 2022£76k£90k
- 2021£70k£47k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE OR ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE GENERAL DISCRETION AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR SELECTION OF PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES PAY SPECIAL REGARD TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ANY CHARITABLE FIELD OF LEARNING BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELDS OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND CATERING.
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- SIR Rocco Forte Chair since 1987
- Andrew Mckenzie since 2010
- Lydia Irene Bianca Forte since 2026
- MR Nick Scade MBE since 2005
- The HON Olga Marie Louise Anna Polizzi DI Sorrentino CBE since 1987
Trustees past 6 years
- SIR Rocco Forte Chair since 1987
- Andrew Mckenzie since 2010
- MR Nick Scade MBE since 2005
- The HON Olga Marie Louise Anna Polizzi DI Sorrentino CBE since 1987
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Andrew Mckenzie since 2010
- MR Nick Scade MBE since 2005
Portfolio (3)
- SIR Rocco Forte Chair since 1987
- Lydia Irene Bianca Forte since 2026
- The HON Olga Marie Louise Anna Polizzi DI Sorrentino CBE since 1987
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 298100
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 17TH NOVEMBER 1987
- Contact on the register
- 02073212626 · lff@roccofortehotels.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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