Stephen Dunmore OBE
Chair
Stephen’s career in charity and government sectors includes past roles as Chief Executive of the Big Lottery
Fund and the Fundraising Regulator and Chair of Capacitybuilders.
Our Board of Trustees
The trustees provide leadership and strategic direction for Royal Voluntary Service and work closely with the Chief Executive and her leadership team who implement the strategy.
The trustees have legal responsibility for ensuring Royal Voluntary Service resources are properly managed and are used only for the legal purposes of the charity.
The Board of Trustees has a maximum membership of 12. Each trustee can serve for a maximum of two terms of three years.
Board of Trustees
The board is made up of volunteers from varied backgrounds and a mix of skills and experiences.
Margaret Moore
Deputy Chair of Trustees and Chair of Audit & Risk Committee
Since retiring from a City law firm as a commercial lawyer, she has volunteered for many charities including as Vice Chair of Sue Ryder. She is currently a trustee of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby and Prior Park Schools and Vice Chair of the Fundraising Regulator.
Dr Justin Davis-Smith CBE
Trustee
Justin has worked in leadership positions in the voluntary sector for most of his professional life including The Institute for Volunteering Research and CEO of Volunteering England. He is Course Director of the charity master’s programme at Bayes Business School. Justin sits on our People & Remuneration Committee.
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Frankie Herbert
Trustee
Frankie has a successful record of leading growth in SME’s and steering change in consumer and retail companies including Costa Coffee, Fiorucci and Moet Hennessy. He sits on our Investment & Finance Committee.
Charlotte Lambkin
Trustee and Chair of People & Remuneration Committee
Charlotte specialises in communications and issues management and has worked for BAE Systems and Diageo. She is a non-executive Director at Intertrust plc and sits on the UK Advisory Board of Edelman Communications. Charlotte chairs our People & Remuneration Committee.
Matt Moorut
Trustee
Matt spent five years running the digital and marketing operations for Charity Digital (formerly known as Tech Trust). Now supporting Gartner in an advisory role, he brings a wealth of experience in digital implementation. He sits on our Audit and Risk Committee.
Josephine Swinhoe
Trustee
Josephine has 25 years of experience in fundraising, marketing and volunteering with notable roles at NSPCC and the Alzheimer’s Society. Josephine sits on our Investment & Finance Committee.
Richard Williams
Trustee and Chair of Investment & Finance Committee
Richard chairs our Investment & Finance Committee and sits on our People & Remuneration Committee. Richard has a wealth of experience in the not for profit, charitable, commercial and volunteering sectors. He is CEO of the Honorary Treasurers Forum and a trustee of the London Welsh Centre.
Sub-committees
The Board of Trustees is supported by three sub-committees:
Audit & Risk
The Audit & Risk Committee meets to consider reports from both external and internal auditors regarding the charity's internal financial control systems, risk management processes, financial reporting and the annual financial statements. It also considers the charity's risk register and horizon risks.
Investment &Â Finance
The Investment & Finance Committee meets to consider and make recommendations on financial budgets, forecasts and performance. It also scrutinises the business cases for the charity's proposed project investments and oversees the performance of the Royal Voluntary Service investment portfolio.
People & Remuneration
The People & Remuneration Committee meets to consider volunteer and employee issues and to review the performance and remuneration of the Chief Executive. It also considers the charity's pay policy and remuneration strategy and the size, structure and composition of the Board of Trustees.Â
Our People & Remuneration Committee is constituted by three of our trustees and acts in accordance with its own terms of reference to consider, amongst other things, setting remuneration for the Chief Executive. It also considers and recommends to the Board of Trustees the charity's pay policy and remuneration strategy. The People & Remuneration Committee considers a wide variety of factors when making a recommendation regarding pay and remuneration. This may include:
- the demands of the charity’s strategic direction
- the importance of attracting and retaining suitably skilled, experienced and motivated employees
- the ability of those employees to lead the charity and it’s volunteers in delivering the charity’s objectives
- the importance to the charity of achieving its aims in line with the charity’s values, the needs of its clients, participants and it’s volunteers
- the need to balance the charity’s ability to pay any proposed remuneration with the need to deliver its charitable objectives and to develop the charity for future success.
It may also take into account external independent reference works and remuneration details published by other organisations from which comparable information may be drawn.
| Â | Catherine Johnstone CBE |
| Job title |
Chief Executive |
| Gross salary 2022/23 | £154,684 |
| Gross salary 2021/22 | £154,684 |
| Gross salary 2020/21 | £153,153 |
| Other benefits |
Car allowance |
| Pension as % of salary |
10.5 |
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