For Jimmy is a registered Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO), charity number 1156974 (previously known as The Jimmy Mizen Foundation, registered charity number 1130228). It is governed by its constitution, which was last amended on the 14th of September 2015. Our constitution is available here for download.
Our subsidiaries
Our subsidiary, The Cafe of Good Hope Limited (Company Number: 07402254) is governed by the Board of Trustees through appointed working groups and committees.
Annual reports
You can read our report for 2014 – 2015 here.
The Board of Trustees
Our Board of Trustees has a maximum of twelve and a minimum of three trustees. They are appointed by the board during trustees meeting. The board meets at least four times a year.
Our Trustees
Bill Griffiths CBE BEM QPM
Chair of Trustees
Bill has been a Trustee of For Jimmy since 2013 and took up the Chair position in May 2016. He is inspired by the creative altruism emanating from Barry and Margaret Mizen MBEs since their son was killed and proud of Jimmy’s legacy. Bill is a former Metropolitan police officer (1967-2005) retiring as Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Director of Serious Crime Operations having been heavily involved in the changes arising from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. He served an additional five years as Director of Leadership Development. Bill was awarded the BEM for Gallantry in 1974, the QPM in 1966 and appointed CBE in 2007. He has been a trustee of Crimestoppers since 2005. He is now a self-employed consultant, coach and speaker specialising in critical incident management, leadership development and strategic advice/review within the public sector.
Kerry Nickols
Vice Chair and Chair of Governance, Risk and Control Committee
Kerry has been involved with For Jimmy since 2009 and before becoming a Trustee chaired our Fundraising Committee. Prior to 2009, she volunteered as a reading and skills partner running programmes in underperforming schools in Tower Hamlets. Kerry has enjoyed a long and successful career in the Financial Services Industry working for Blue Chip companies across many areas including control, governance, legal, operations, finance and front office. Within these disciplines, her passion has always been in people leadership and development and project management. Building the right culture is something close to her heart and in 2008 Kerry was awarded for her work in diversity and inclusion. In 2014, she set up her own business and is now a qualified coach, NLP Master Practitioner & Trainer. A local resident in Lee, her most important role is as mum to her son who can often be seen participating in the For Jimmy events.
Bridget Prentice
Chair of Finance Committee
Bridget Prentice was the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East from 1992 until she retired in 2010. She served as a Government Whip and as a Minister for Justice with responsibility for the courts, electoral administration, and legal services amongst others. She has been a borough councillor, a teacher and a magistrate and is a trustee of several local charities including Age Exchange. She is a Patron of Grove Park Community Group and a Governor of Trinity School. Bridget presently runs her own business as an independent consultant with the Pampered Chef and separately advises and trains individuals and organisations who have to negotiate with public and government authorities. A Glaswegian by birth, she lives locally with her partner and three cats. Bridget joined the board because she believes it reflects her passionate belief that it is important to give young people hope, inspiration and aspiration.
Wendy Phillips
Chair of Safe-guarding Committee
Wendy Phillips is currently a Learning Mentor at St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School. Over the past twelve year’s, she has been sitting on the board of governors for the school. Currently, she is appointed on the Resources Committee which involves looking at finances, policies and tenders. She enjoys her role and the knowledge that it has given her on all aspects of the rigors that are required to ensure that the school is governed, lead and financed with diligence and that the pupils’ academic and social needs are met.
Yusuf Joe Ibrahim
Yusuf was born and brought up in Lewisham and is South-London based. Having coached one of the Mizen brothers in rugby, he had the chance of meeting the Mizen family and was immediately inspired by Barry and Margaret’s message. He is passionate about all the work For Jimmy does. Yusuf works for Axis Europe as a Managing Director and has been in the business for over 30 years. Always interested in getting further involved in charitable work and in giving back to the community, Yusuf also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Axis Foundation. He is happily married with four children and he spends his free time with his family or playing rugby, as the president of the Sidcup Rugby Club.
Gethin Davies Knapp
Gethin Davies Knapp is a chartered accountant, and currently works across a range of government bodies. He also has experience of working with charities and companies. Gethin is a strong believer that accounting should go beyond just the finances and make an impact on an organisation’s people and strategy. He is inspired by the story of For Jimmy, how it arose from tragedy to its successes in bringing young people and local communities together to create a legacy of peace. A Londoner since birth, he grew up and went to school locally, and now lives in Catford with his wife and 2 young daughters.
Frances Ellis
Frances Ellis is Director of Operations at ReachOut, a mentoring charity for young people, where her main responsibilities are in Finance and HR. She has seven years’ frontline experience working with young people and volunteer mentors. Prior to ReachOut, she studied Engineering at the University of Cambridge then joined Aecom where she spent 18 months as a graduate civil engineer. Frances is currently studying for the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting and plays rugby for Barnes RFC.
Kabba Njie
Kabba Njie is a qualified accountant with several years’ experience working within the charity/not-for-profit and the private sector. He is currently employed as the Director of Finance and Operations for a major hospital charity, which followed a five-year spell at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. As a father of two, Kabba was inspired by Barry and Margaret’s message of hope to young people who sometimes feel that there is no alternative.
Sophie Pughe
Sophie became a trustee in April 2017 and was drawn to For Jimmy by the determination of Jimmy’s family and the charity to positively affect the lives of young people and make our community a safer place. Sophie is a charity lawyer, legally supporting charities in their day to day operation and as they develop and take on new challenges. She lives locally with her husband and little girl.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Patron
Cardinal Vincent Nichols is the 11th Archbishop of Westminster.
Our Committees
Governance, Risk and Control Committee
The committee researches, monitors and advises the Board on its due diligence function as well as its legal and moral obligations as guardians of For Jimmy.
You can read the Terms of Reference for this committee here.
Remuneration Committee
The committee sets the chief executive and the executive team’s remuneration and considers HR policy and related matters, including pensions.
You can read the Terms of Reference for this committee here.
Finance Committee
The committee provides independent advice and assurance on policies and procedures to ensure the financial sustainability and growth of For Jimmy.
We are proud to have Nick Kavanagh (FCA CTA) and Dimitrios Alafouzos (MEng, MIET, Chartered MCSI, FCCA) as co-opted members of our finance committee.
You can read the Terms of Reference for this committee here.
Safe-guarding Committee
The committee identifies and implements appropriate policies and procedures to safeguard and promote the welfare of all service users, staff, volunteers and partners at For Jimmy.
Our safe-guarding officers are Sam Reynolds, Bill Mizen and Wendy Philipps.
You can read the Terms of Reference for this committee here.
You can also download our Safeguarding Policy here.