Registered charity · Bristol
Providing Opportunities and Support
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- www.propsbristol.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Providing Opportunities and Support (Props)
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.2m£1.3m
- 2023£1.1m£1.3m
- 2022£995k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£748k£729k
- 2020£722k£613k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 72% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.2. THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
Grants received
8 grants · £42,587 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,962 (2 grants)
- Quartet Community Foundation · £12,625 (5 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Kevin A Smith Chair since 2011
- Keith Charles Beattie since 2023
- Matthew John Hamilton-James since 2023
- Sarah Jane Lewis since 2017
- Simon Little since 2019
- Tim Dutton since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Kevin A Smith Chair since 2011
- Sarah Jane Lewis since 2017
- Simon Little since 2019
- Tim Dutton since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Kevin A Smith Chair since 2011
- Keith Charles Beattie since 2023
- Matthew John Hamilton-James since 2023
- Sarah Jane Lewis since 2017
- Simon Little since 2019
- Tim Dutton since 2017
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1089951
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 JULY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 NOVEMBER 2001 as amended on 21 Apr 2026 as amended on 23 Sept 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 04258857 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01179653514 · kevin@propsbristol.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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