The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Colab Exeter

Registered charity 1100990 Registered since 2003

Operates: Devon

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.4y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7

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 7Arts and leisure 3Education 1

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£2.1m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.4 in 2021

41 from 17 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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.colabexeter.org.uk
Emailenquiries@colabexeter.org.uk
Phone07714307962
AddressColab Exeter, WAT TYLER HOUSE, KING WILLIAM STREET, EXETER, EX4 6PD

Finances

£2,071,915 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£710,044£765,925
2022£952,376£925,959
2023£1,576,970£1,596,290
2024£1,413,633£1,410,169
2025£2,071,915£1,991,068

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3.1.1 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EXETER (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;3.1.2 TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 OCTOBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 MARCH 2010. as amended on 10 Oct 2018 as amended on 10 Oct 2018 as amended on 27 Jun 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees
63median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Colab Exeter LTD. · 04928733 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/10/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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