Registered charity · Hertfordshire
Disability Recreation Unity Movement
- 12 trustees
- Income £272k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Melvin GomanChair · since 2020
- Ann McnamaraTrustee · since 2023
- Anne McnamaraTrustee · since 2023
- Gary ArmstrongTrustee · since 2023
- Hugh SlevinTrustee · since 2023
- Jean SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Jeffrey CowperTrustee · since 2023
- Lilian NewmanTrustee · since 2015
- Peter WilkinTrustee · since 2023
- Roger HollandTrustee · since 2023
- Samantha BessellTrustee · since 2023
- Yvette DenhamTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- drum.chessck.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£272k£219k
- 2024£243k£202k
- 2023£225k£185k
Earlier years
- 2022£167k£165k
- 2021£216k£142k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 53%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED BY ANY MEANS WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED AS CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR (1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND (2) TO ESTABLISH AN INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS
Grants received
4 grants · £413,102 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
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £413,102 (4 grants)
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Melvin Goman Chair since 2020
- Ann Mcnamara since 2023
- Anne Mcnamara since 2023
- Gary Armstrong since 2023
- Hugh Slevin since 2023
- Jeffrey Cowper since 2023
- Jean Smith since 2023
- Lilian Newman since 2015
- Peter Wilkin since 2023
- Roger Holland since 2023
- Samantha Bessell since 2023
- Yvette Denham since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Lilian Newman since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Melvin Goman Chair since 2020
- Ann Mcnamara since 2023
- Anne Mcnamara since 2023
- Gary Armstrong since 2023
- Hugh Slevin since 2023
- Jeffrey Cowper since 2023
- Jean Smith since 2023
- Lilian Newman since 2015
- Peter Wilkin since 2023
- Roger Holland since 2023
- Samantha Bessell since 2023
- Yvette Denham since 2023
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1044836
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 OCTOBER 1994, AMENDED 28TH SEPTEMBER 2002
- Contact on the register
- 01923442114 · drumwatford@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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