Registered charity · Essex
Motability
- 12 trustees
- Income £54m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charles Manby MBEChair · since 2019
- Ceri Ivor Daniel SmithTrustee · since 2025
- David HunterTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Juliana OnwumereTrustee · since 2019
- Ed HumphersonTrustee · since 2016
- Hannah Barham-BrownTrustee · since 2021
- Jackie Driver Frsa OBETrustee · since 2023
- Merlyn Vivienne LowtherTrustee · since 2023
- Michael James HarrisonTrustee · since 2024
- Professor William WebbTrustee · since 2018
- Richard CartwrightTrustee · since 2020
- Tony DavisTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.motabilityfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£54m£144m
- 2024£61m£143m
- 2023£240m£129m
Earlier years
- 2022£184m£87m
- 2021£10m£62m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO FACILITATE THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF DISABLED PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION TO THE BENEFICIARIES OF PERSONAL OR OTHER TRANSPORTATION.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Charles Manby MBE Chair since 2019
- Ceri Ivor Daniel Smith since 2025
- David Hunter since 2018
- Dr Juliana Onwumere since 2019
- Ed Humpherson since 2016
- Hannah Barham-Brown since 2021
- Jackie Driver Frsa OBE since 2023
- Merlyn Vivienne Lowther since 2023
- Michael James Harrison since 2024
- Professor William Webb since 2018
- Richard Cartwright since 2020
- Tony Davis since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Manby MBE Chair since 2019
- David Hunter since 2018
- Dr Juliana Onwumere since 2019
- Ed Humpherson since 2016
- Professor William Webb since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Charles Manby MBE Chair since 2019
- Ceri Ivor Daniel Smith since 2025
- David Hunter since 2018
- Dr Juliana Onwumere since 2019
- Ed Humpherson since 2016
- Hannah Barham-Brown since 2021
- Jackie Driver Frsa OBE since 2023
- Michael James Harrison since 2024
- Professor William Webb since 2018
- Richard Cartwright since 2020
- Tony Davis since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Merlyn Vivienne Lowther since 2023
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
28.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 63.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 299745
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 18 MAY 1988AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 22 SEP 2020AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 16 FEB 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01279635999 · communications@motability.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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