The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Launchpoint

Registered charity 1089009 Registered since 2001

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

10.8y median 9.5y
average tenure
25y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

1
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 10

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£23k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://members.gliding.co.uk/launchpoint/
Emaillizzie@gliding.co.uk
Phone01162 892956
AddressBritish Gliding Association, 8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, LEICESTER, LE19 1RJ

Finances

£23,877 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£4,495£6,987
2023£9,502£7,658
2024£9,107£7,366
2025£23,396£5,756
2026£23,877£8,869

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+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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