Launchpoint

Registered charity 1089009 Registered since 2001

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales

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trustees on the board

10.8y median 9.5y

average tenure

25y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.8y

average years in governance

10 vs 0 portfolio

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Sector coverage

Amateur Sport 10

Commercial experience

Education 1

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Contact

Website	https://members.gliding.co.uk/launchpoint/
Email	lizzie@gliding.co.uk
Phone	01162 892956
Address	British Gliding Association, 8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, LEICESTER, LE19 1RJ

Finances

£23,396 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£6,076	£2,131
2022	£4,495	£6,987
2023	£9,502	£7,658
2024	£9,107	£7,366
2025	£23,396	£5,756

What it does

What

Amateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

2.1 THE TRUSTEES WILL HOLD THE TRUST FUNDS AND INCOME ON TRUST AND APPLY THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- 2.1.1 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES TO EXPERIENCE GLIDING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, THE YOUNG AND THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR OTHER DISADVANTAGES, 2.1.2 ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING PARTICIPANTS AT ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT TO STRETCH THEIR CAPABILITIES AND EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS IN THE SPORT, 2.1.3 PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SERVICE FOR OTHER CHARITIES WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 09 AUG 2001AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 27 DEC 2016AS AMENDED ON 20 APR 2017 AS AMENDED ON 26 JUN 2023AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 DEC 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees

64median age

0aged 70+

George Charles Metcalfe Chair since 2016
Andrew Richmond Hawton since 2017
Fiona Jane Aldred since 2023
James Steven Moore since 2024
Jeremy Kenneth George Pack since 2019
Julian Richard Bane since 2023
Lizzie Pike since 2015
Peter Boswell Gray since 2001
Peter Boswell Gray since 2001
Peter James Strattenage 64 since 2013

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