Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre

Registered charity 1074671 Registered since 1999

Operates: Leicestershire

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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.

8 trustees on the board

6.6y median 4y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

ANN Barwell since 2013
Keith Hampton since 2013

14y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 8Education/training 8

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

Education 8Health and social care 2Manufacturing 1

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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.

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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£715k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

10.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.1 in 2021

33 from 29 in 2022

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.

19%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

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Beis Menachem Chabad Lubavitch Similar size; both Sport
Waveney Gymnastics Club Similar size; both Sport

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.lopc.co.uk
Email	info@lopc.co.uk
Phone	01162681426
Address	14 Field Gate Gardens, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8GX

Finances

£715,177 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£473,248	£374,039
2022	£646,015	£497,290
2023	£671,313	£575,086
2024	£733,832	£640,348
2025	£715,177	£663,590

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF PERSONS IN LEICESTERSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF AN OUTDOOR PURSUITS CENTRE IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATED ON 20 JUNE 1997 AND AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 20 JANUARY 1999 as amended on 25 Oct 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees

62median age

3aged 70+

Andrew Parkerage band 55-59 Chair
ANN Barwellage band 70-74 since 2013
Abbie Firthage band 30-34 since 2025
Christopher Walshage band 50-54 since 2022
Karen Caneage band 75-79
Keith Hamptonage band 65-69 since 2013
Matthew Allenage band 30-34 since 2024
Rosalind Susan Patersonage band 85-89

Linked company (Companies House)

Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre · 03389636 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/06/1997

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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