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Happy Days Childrens Charity
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.happydayscharity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Happy Days Childrens Charity
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£996k
- 2024£1.1m£1.1m
- 2023£978k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£817k£806k
- 2021£678k£503k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME AND HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES.
Grants received
39 grants · £180,351 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 · £99,201 (13 grants)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £23,672 (6 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £12,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £6,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Diane MAY Chair
- Bernice Gillian Russell since 2013
- Joseph Christopher Selmes since 2013
- Liam Joseph Meenan since 2024
- Rachel Rees since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Bernice Gillian Russell since 2013
- Joseph Christopher Selmes since 2013
- Rachel Rees since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Diane MAY Chair
- Bernice Gillian Russell since 2013
- Joseph Christopher Selmes since 2013
- Liam Joseph Meenan since 2024
- Rachel Rees since 2012
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1010943
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 AUGUST 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 MARCH 1992
- Companies House
- Company number 02639512 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01462530710 · enquiries@happydayscharity.org
- 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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