Registered charity · Wetherby
Martin House
- 10 trustees
- Income £17m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Shiela Clare PuriTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Yasmin Zohra Ayesha KhanTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew RaynerTrustee · since 2026
- Melanie BrooksbankTrustee · since 2025
- Nicholas MantTrustee · since 2025
- Paula DillonTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Jayne PriceTrustee · since 2022
- Richard LewisTrustee · since 2024
- Tim StraughanTrustee · since 2017
- Will LinleyTrustee · since 2025
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, Disability
- Where
- Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City and more
- Website
- www.martinhouse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Martin House
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17m£11m
- 2024£14m£11m
- 2023£10m£9.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£8.2m£9.1m
- 2021£7.9m£7.9m
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER GEOGRAPHICAL OR OTHERWISE) BY: A) PROVIDING PALLIATIVE CARE, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE LIMITING OR LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS AND PROVIDING ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND CARERS (INCLUDING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS) OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE; B) PROVIDING, ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION AND EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, HOLISTIC OR OTHER HELP AND GUIDANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DELIVERY OF PALLIATIVE CARE; C) PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THE PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION, RAISING AWARENESS, RESEARCH AND TRAINING; AND D) PROMOTING AND ADVANCING BEST PRACTICE IN THE PROVISION OF CARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE LIMITING OR LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Shiela Clare Puri since 2022
- Dr Yasmin Zohra Ayesha Khan since 2024
- Matthew Rayner since 2026
- Melanie Brooksbank since 2025
- Nicholas Mant since 2025
- Paula Dillon since 2025
- Professor Jayne Price since 2022
- Richard Lewis since 2024
- Tim Straughan since 2017
- Will Linley since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Tim Straughan since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Dr Shiela Clare Puri since 2022
- Dr Yasmin Zohra Ayesha Khan since 2024
- Matthew Rayner since 2026
- Melanie Brooksbank since 2025
- Nicholas Mant since 2025
- Paula Dillon since 2025
- Professor Jayne Price since 2022
- Richard Lewis since 2024
- Tim Straughan since 2017
- Will Linley since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
8.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 517919
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 MAY 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 25 JULY 1994, 27 NOVEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 DECEMBER 2009.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUL 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 AUG 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 02016332 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01937845045 · resources@martinhouse.org.uk
- 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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