Registered charity · London
Stretch
- 4 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.stretch-charity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£2k
- 2024£29k£30k
- 2023£18k£20k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£8k
- 2021£17k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 20% · Government grants 73%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE TH EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BY PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY INVOLVING MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
22 grants · £836,105 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 · £722,160 (14 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £92,900 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,800
- Birmingham City Council · £4,925
- Ministry of Justice · £4,320
Most recent
- Birmingham City Council
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Andrew Kidger since 2019
- Gregory Edward Mcgee since 2020
- Matthew Marshall
- Matthew Meadows since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Kidger since 2019
- Gregory Edward Mcgee since 2020
- Matthew Meadows since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Andrew Kidger since 2019
- Gregory Edward Mcgee since 2020
- Matthew Marshall
- Matthew Meadows since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1109851
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 APRIL 2005.
- Contact on the register
- 07887923264 · stretchme@mac.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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