Registered charity · Forest Row
The Guild of Experienced Motorists Road Safety Charity
The Guild of Experienced Motorists Road Safety Charity is a registered charity (number 326857) based in Forest Row, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Laura Ward since 2011. Latest income £3k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as GEM Motoring Assist Road Safety Charity (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
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
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.roadsafety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£36k
- 2024£3k£20k
- 2023£9k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£2k
- 2021£25k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE SAFETY STANDARDS UPON THE ROAD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE LEGALLY CHARITABLE. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE TRUST DEED.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Laura Ward Chair since 2011
- Ben Johnson since 2020
- Chief Superintendent Marc Clothier since 2025
- Emma Tugwell-Smith since 2020
- Gill Starkie since 2023
- Malcolm Palmer since 2024
- Martin Cooke
Trustees past 6 years
- Laura Ward Chair since 2011
- Ben Johnson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Laura Ward Chair since 2011
- Ben Johnson since 2020
- Chief Superintendent Marc Clothier since 2025
- Emma Tugwell-Smith since 2020
- Gill Starkie since 2023
- Malcolm Palmer since 2024
- Martin Cooke
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 326857
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 1 APRIL 1985
- Contact on the register
- 01342825676 · charity@motoringassist.com
- 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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