Registered charity · Bristol
Children's Scrapstore
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alban ForsterTrustee · since 2022
- Caroline Jane CasswellTrustee
- Eleanor Kate JamesTrustee · since 2025
- Hannah Elizabeth BakerTrustee · since 2025
- Jennifer FordTrustee · since 2024
- Julie Corinna RobertsTrustee · since 2025
- Sally JaeckleTrustee · since 2021
- Sheryl MccallTrustee · since 2025
- Venetia Shah-DyanTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Gloucestershire, Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset and more
- Website
- www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Children's Scrapstore
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.2m
- 2024£1.1m£1.2m
- 2023£984k£971k
Earlier years
- 2022£878k£776k
- 2021£1.0m£796k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
19 grants · £254,501 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £193,051 (2 grants)
- Quartet Community Foundation · £34,250 (15 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £20,000
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £7,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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
- Alban Forster since 2022
- Caroline Jane Casswell
- Eleanor Kate James since 2025
- Hannah Elizabeth Baker since 2025
- Jennifer Ford since 2024
- Julie Corinna Roberts since 2025
- Sally Jaeckle since 2021
- Sheryl Mccall since 2025
- Venetia Shah-Dyan since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Venetia Shah-Dyan since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alban Forster since 2022
- Caroline Jane Casswell
- Eleanor Kate James since 2025
- Hannah Elizabeth Baker since 2025
- Jennifer Ford since 2024
- Julie Corinna Roberts since 2025
- Sally Jaeckle since 2021
- Sheryl Mccall since 2025
- Venetia Shah-Dyan since 2011
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.
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
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1008788
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 02624238 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01173041781 · enquiries@childrensscrapstore.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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