Registered charity · Herefordshire
Echo for Extra Choices in Herefordshire Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Joy HouseChair · since 2016
- Amanda HamblinTrustee · since 2016
- Caroline ArthurTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Clare CathcartTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Jeremy David GrayTrustee · since 2022
- Jason StuchberyTrustee
- John BradfordTrustee · since 2021
- Judith HainesTrustee · since 2023
- Marleen De KluizenaarTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Victoria Anne Nicolson-JamesTrustee · since 2025
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
- Where
- Herefordshire
- Website
- www.echoherefordshire.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Echo for Extra Choices in Herefordshire Limited
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£1.1m
- 2024£891k£969k
- 2023£1.2m£940k
Earlier years
- 2022£811k£862k
- 2021£921k£787k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 33% · Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:I) ENABLING ADULTS WITH LEARNING OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES TO ATTEND ORDINARY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.II) ORGANISING SPECIAL MIXED ABILITY COURSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIESIII) ORGANISING SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES(C) TO SUPPORT ADULTS WITH LEARNING AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES TO ACCESS LEISURE, VOLUNTEERING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR LIVES AND INCREASING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY
Grants received
30 grants · £1,872,290 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 · £1,634,766 (11 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £139,050 (5 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £60,500 (2 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £20,000
- Herefordshire Community Foundation · £9,996 (8 grants)
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Joy House Chair since 2016
- Amanda Hamblin since 2016
- Caroline Arthur since 2019
- Dr Clare Cathcart since 2023
- Dr Jeremy David Gray since 2022
- Jason Stuchbery
- John Bradford since 2021
- Judith Haines since 2023
- Marleen De Kluizenaar since 2026
- Matthew Jones since 2021
- Victoria Anne Nicolson-James since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Joy House Chair since 2016
- Amanda Hamblin since 2016
- Caroline Arthur since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Joy House Chair since 2016
- Amanda Hamblin since 2016
- Caroline Arthur since 2019
- Jason Stuchbery
- John Bradford since 2021
- Judith Haines since 2023
- Marleen De Kluizenaar since 2026
- Matthew Jones since 2021
- Victoria Anne Nicolson-James since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Clare Cathcart since 2023
- Dr Jeremy David Gray since 2022
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.
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
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1096449
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 12 JUNE 2002 AMENDED ON 5 JANUARY 2007 AND 3 JULY 2008 as amended on 10 Dec 2021 as amended on 10 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 04475254 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01568620307 · echo.info@echoherefordshire.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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