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Registered charity · Lincolnshire

Thera Trust

Thera Trust is a registered charity (number 1090163) based in Lincolnshire, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Sally Warren since 2020. Latest income £101m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

The company?s objects are for the public benefit:1. The relief of persons with learning disabilities, their families and carers in particular but not exclusively by the provision of support services including services in the support of residential,...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £101m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.thera.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Thera Trust
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£101m£102m
  • 2024£91m£94m
  • 2023£81m£85m
Earlier years
  • 2022£79m£78m
  • 2021£79m£77m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 84% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The company?s objects are for the public benefit:1. The relief of persons with learning disabilities, their families and carers in particular but not exclusively by the provision of support services including services in the support of residential, respite and other suitable forms of care, support, education and work opportunities and by the promotion of the awareness of the needs of such persons; and2. The promotion of the effective use of charitable resources by the provision of services to organisations involved in the relief of persons with learning disabilities, their families and carers; and the company can do all other things that are incidental or conducive to its objects or any of them.Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Company for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005

Grants received

7 grants · £518,967 total

360Giving 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 · £349,770 (2 grants)
  • Department of Health and Social Care · £78,889
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £69,200
  • Sport England · £17,967 (2 grants)
  • Foundation Scotland · £3,141

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £171,5902025-07-17
  • Department of Health and Social Care £78,8892022-02-10
  • Foundation Scotland £3,1412021-03-08
  • Sport England £9,9642021-02-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £69,2002014-02-24
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.

13 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 13Accommodation/housing 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Health and social care 48Professional services 7Business services 4

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£101.3m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.8 in 2021

3346 from 3155 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.
84%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1090163
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 JUL 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 FEB 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAR 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 NOV 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 APR 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 APR 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 OCT 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 JUN 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 APR 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JAN 2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 DEC 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 JAN 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 OCT 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 FEB 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 MAR 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JAN 2022 as amended on 03 Apr 2026
Companies House
Company number 03593418 · Active
Contact on the register
03003031280 · office@thera.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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