Registered charity · Faversham
The Spark Foundation
- 8 trustees
- Income £65k (2025)
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.sparkfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£65k£60k
- 2024£60k£76k
- 2023£65k£63k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£57k
- 2021£61k£62k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE EXPRESSION "YOUNG PEOPLE" MEANS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE, OR HAVE AT ANY TIME BEEN, CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER BY A LOCAL AUTHORITYTHE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:(A) TO RELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN FINANCIAL NEED(B) TO RELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS;(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE;(D) TO PROMOTE THE TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT;(E) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETYBY PROVIDING THEM WITH GRANTS OR LOANS IN CASH OR IN KIND OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Danny Chesterman Chair since 2017
- Adam Brankin since 2024
- Cathy Walker since 2018
- Irene Hall
- James Whitton since 2019
- Kirsty Ginn since 2016
- Sheila Rosaria Patel
- Tracey Sorrell since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Danny Chesterman Chair since 2017
- Cathy Walker since 2018
- James Whitton since 2019
- Kirsty Ginn since 2016
- Tracey Sorrell since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Danny Chesterman Chair since 2017
- Adam Brankin since 2024
- Cathy Walker since 2018
- Irene Hall
- James Whitton since 2019
- Kirsty Ginn since 2016
- Tracey Sorrell since 2012
Portfolio (1)
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1097058
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 4 MARCH 2003.
- Contact on the register
- 07534 136629 · admin@sparkfoundation.org.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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