The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Balsam Centre

Registered charity 1080719 Registered since 2000

Operates: Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire

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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

4.1y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 8Religious Activities 1

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 9Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.3m 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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.6 in 2021

50 from 34 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.
30%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.balsamcentre.org.uk
Emailsueplace@balsamcentre.org.uk
Phone0196331842
AddressTHE BALSAM CENTRE, BALSAM PARK, WINCANTON, BA9 9HB

Finances

£1,262,295 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£670,212£548,092
2022£808,821£700,036
2023£1,056,107£891,376
2024£973,492£1,035,945
2025£1,262,295£1,142,423

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

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

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

I) TO WORK TOGETHER WITH STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, LEISURE, ARTS AND SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OVERALL OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.HEALTH INCLUDES THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE AND DISTRESS AS NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS AND ALSO INCLUDES OPTIMISING THE INDIVIDUAL'S SOCIAL AND CREATIVE POTENTIAL. THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS THE AREA WITHIN A TEN MILE RADIUS OF WINCANTON TOWN HALL REGARDLESS OF COUNTY OR ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY;I) TO IMPROVE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE THAT WILL IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND/OR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 DECEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 MARCH 2000. as amended on 09 Jan 2025 as amended on 09 Jan 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Balsam Centre · 03898170 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/12/1999

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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