Registered charity · Guildford
Disability Challengers
- 9 trustees
- Income £3.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alison StenlakeTrustee · since 2021
- Ashley Francis Rees CarterTrustee · since 2025
- Bernard McalisterTrustee · since 2021
- Danae SalwanTrustee · since 2024
- David Beresford StamTrustee · since 2025
- Holly Rebecca GoodwinTrustee · since 2025
- Jake HattTrustee · since 2022
- Russell Stuart HarveyTrustee · since 2023
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- Ruth Stephanie MiltonTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, Recreation
- Where
- Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Kingston Upon Thames and more
- Website
- www.disability-challengers.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Disability Challengers
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.2m£3.3m
- 2024£2.9m£2.8m
- 2023£2.6m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.9m£2.9m
- 2020£2.9m£2.8m
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND THROUGH RECREATION, ARTISTIC, SPORTING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER FOR THE LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS INCLUDING THOSE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH A PHYSICAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITY, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS MAY HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEIR DISABILITIES, BY1. PROVIDING TRULY INCLUSIVE, FUN AND SAFE PLACES WHERE ALL DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED UP TO 25 YEARS CAN SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FRIENDS2. PROVIDING A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR FAMILIES AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE SERVICE DELIVERY ACROSS SOUTH EAST ENGLAND3. TO NEVER EXCLUDE A CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON AND ENSURING SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE4. DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE5. LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND BE A CHAMPION FOR INCLUSION THROUGH THE OFFER OF PARTICIPATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE SO THAT OTHERS CAN DO THE SAME6. PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE CHARITY TO DELIVER SUPPORT TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE VISION OF A WORLD WHERE ALL DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN PLAY TOGETHER FREELY.
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alison Stenlake since 2021
- Ashley Francis Rees Carter since 2025
- Bernard Mcalister since 2021
- Danae Salwan since 2024
- David Beresford Stam since 2025
- Holly Rebecca Goodwin since 2025
- Jake Hatt since 2022
- Russell Stuart Harvey since 2023
- Ruth Stephanie Milton since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alison Stenlake since 2021
- Ashley Francis Rees Carter since 2025
- Bernard Mcalister since 2021
- Danae Salwan since 2024
- David Beresford Stam since 2025
- Holly Rebecca Goodwin since 2025
- Jake Hatt since 2022
- Russell Stuart Harvey since 2023
- Ruth Stephanie Milton since 2025
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1095134
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 OCTOBER 2001.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 JUL 2018 as amended on 04 Dec 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 04300724 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01483579390 · finance@disability-challengers.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
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