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Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire

Registered charity 1091628 Registered since 2002

Operates: Staffordshire, Shropshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin

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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.

13 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 13General Charitable Purposes 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 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 19Business services 14Manufacturing 8

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£4.6m 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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

12 from 7 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.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitestaffordshire.foundation
Emailoffice@staffordshire.foundation
Phone01785 339540
AddressThe Community Foundation, Philanthropy House, Priestley Court, Staffordshire Technology Park, Stafford, ST18 0LQ

Finances

£4,588,077 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,363,228£2,764,285
2022£2,271,807£1,641,930
2023£5,678,400£3,995,059
2024£6,298,910£4,261,959
2025£4,588,077£5,424,944

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OR ANY PART THEREOF IN STAFFORDSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 MAY 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 FEB 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 DEC 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19 APR 2017 as amended on 08 Apr 2024

Trustees (13)

13trustees
56median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire · 04220563 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/05/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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