The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Children's Scrapstore

Registered charity 1008788 Registered since 1992

Operates: Gloucestershire, Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.8y median 1.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 8Retail and trade 2Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.5 in 2021

30 from 23 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.childrensscrapstore.co.uk
Emailenquiries@childrensscrapstore.co.uk
Phone01173041781
AddressTHE CHILDRENS SCRAPSTORE, SCRAPSTORE HOUSE, 21 SEVIER STREET, BRISTOL, BS2 9LB

Finances

£1,606,414 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,032,656£795,894
2022£877,553£776,232
2023£984,070£971,341
2024£1,091,057£1,168,796
2025£1,606,414£1,189,241

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WELLBEING. TO PROMOTE THE USE OF WASTE MATERIALS AS PLAY-THINGS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/06/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/12/2011

Trustees (9)

9trustees
44median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Children's Scrapstore · 02624238 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/06/1991

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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