# New Head of Large Charities at the Charity Commission

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/21/new-head-large-charities-charity-commission/
- Published: 2008-01-21T12:32:18+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Charity Commission has appointed Beryl Hobson as the new Head of its Large
Charities Division, which manages and delivers the Commission’s advice and support
services to charities whose annual income exceeds £5 million, except for those charities
based in Wales.**

There are 1,400 charities with an income that exceeds £5 million, which together
account for 60% of the total income for registered charities and employ more than
half of all employees working in the charitable sector.

With an early career in the insurance industry, Hobson joins the Commission from
Group B Strep Support where she was interim Chief Executive. She has been involved
with charities for many years in a number of roles, including as a trustee and independent
examiner. She has served as the Chair of a NHS Primary Care Trust, and is a lay 
member for the Bar Standards Boards, which includes being a panel member on barristers’
disciplinary tribunals.

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