Registered charity · Mexborough
Swinton Lock Activity Centre
- 4 trustees
- Income £604k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City and more
- Website
- www.swintonlock.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Swinton Lock Activity Centre
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£604k£486k
- 2024£518k£455k
- 2023£519k£413k
Earlier years
- 2022£421k£324k
- 2021£352k£262k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATED WITH CANALS2. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN ACTIVITY CENTRE AND CANAL AND ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES3. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES
Grants received
32 grants · £2,008,944 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 · £1,652,129 (16 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £100,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £83,000
- BBC Children in Need · £63,971 (4 grants)
- People's Health Trust · £47,035
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Gary Spooner since 2025
- Richard Dickinson since 2024
- Stuart Gregory Ellis since 2017
- Timothy Allsopp since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Stuart Gregory Ellis since 2017
- Timothy Allsopp since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Gary Spooner since 2025
- Richard Dickinson since 2024
- Stuart Gregory Ellis since 2017
- Timothy Allsopp since 2019
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
85.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1103160
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 FEBRUARY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 5TH AUGUST 2005 AS AMENDED ON 02 JUL 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 SEP 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 05037431 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01709 578778 · info@swintonlock.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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