Registered charity · Apex House
Active Luton
Active Luton is a registered charity (number 1111804) based in Apex House, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £16m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 12 trustees
- Income £16m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Abdul GhafoorTrustee · since 2025
- Anthony GreenTrustee · since 2025
- Cllr Azizul AmbiaTrustee · since 2024
- Cllr Steve Barry MooreTrustee · since 2023
- Councillor Mahmood HussainTrustee
- Femy Annetta LesterTrustee · since 2018
- Gagandeep KashyapTrustee · since 2023
- Helen ParkinsonTrustee · since 2023
- Kevin John PoultonTrustee · since 2018
- Nicola Clare MonkTrustee · since 2023
- Philippe Antoon HucklesbyTrustee · since 2021
- Priya ChauhanTrustee · since 2020
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, Amateur Sport and 3 more
- Where
- Luton, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- www.activeluton.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Active Luton
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16m£15m
- 2024£15m£14m
- 2023£15m£14m
Earlier years
- 2022£14m£13m
- 2021£10m£9.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO:3.1.1 PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FORRECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OFSOCIAL WELFARE, SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVETHAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIRYOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES; AND/OR3.1.2 PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; AND/OR3.1.3 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF THE BENEFIT OF ACTIVE LIFESTYLE ANDIN PARTICULAR THE VALUE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AS PART OF THESCHOOL CURRICULUM; AND/OR3.1.4 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENTWITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETIONDETERMINE (THE 'OBJECTS').
Grants received
87 grants · £11,743,276 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
- Sport England · £11,531,675 (79 grants)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £201,601 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Abdul Ghafoor since 2025
- Anthony Green since 2025
- Cllr Azizul Ambia since 2024
- Cllr Steve Barry Moore since 2023
- Councillor Mahmood Hussain
- Femy Annetta Lester since 2018
- Gagandeep Kashyap since 2023
- Helen Parkinson since 2023
- Kevin John Poulton since 2018
- Nicola Clare Monk since 2023
- Philippe Antoon Hucklesby since 2021
- Priya Chauhan since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Femy Annetta Lester since 2018
- Kevin John Poulton since 2018
- Priya Chauhan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Anthony Green since 2025
- Cllr Azizul Ambia since 2024
- Cllr Steve Barry Moore since 2023
- Femy Annetta Lester since 2018
- Gagandeep Kashyap since 2023
- Helen Parkinson since 2023
- Kevin John Poulton since 2018
- Nicola Clare Monk since 2023
- Philippe Antoon Hucklesby since 2021
- Priya Chauhan since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Abdul Ghafoor since 2025
- Councillor Mahmood Hussain
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
4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 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
- 1111804
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20TH MAY 2005, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 16 JULY 2008. as amended on 24 Jan 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 05458934 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01582400272 · info@activeluton.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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