The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Active Luton

Registered charity 1111804 Registered since 2005

Operates: Luton, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.9y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 15Property 8Arts and leisure 5

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£15.7m 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.

4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.4 in 2021

217
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.
12%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.activeluton.co.uk
Emailinfo@activeluton.co.uk
Phone01582400272
AddressActive Luton, 2nd Floor, Apex House, 30-34 Upper George Street, LUTON

Finances

£15,701,641 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,421,888£9,401,708
2022£14,371,116£13,485,941
2023£14,661,835£13,979,923
2024£15,212,505£14,427,962
2025£15,701,641£15,420,047

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

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').

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
52median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Active Luton · 05458934 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/05/2005

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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