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Registered charity · Chipping Norton

Specialeffect.ORG.UK Limited

Specialeffect.ORG.UK Limited is a registered charity (number 1121004) based in Chipping Norton, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Caroline Vlieland Friend. Latest income £2.4m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Specialeffect (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2.4m (2026)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.specialeffect.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Specialeffect.ORG.UK Limited
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£2.4m£2.5m
  • 2025£2.0m£2.4m
  • 2024£1.9m£2.3m
Earlier years
  • 2023£2.8m£2.0m
  • 2022£2.4m£2.2m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY ENABLING THEM TO ACCESS ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE TECHNOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, TRAINING AND ADVICE.

Grants received

1 grant · £250 total

360Giving 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

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.

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 7Disability 7Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 7Tech and media 3Business services 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£2.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

21.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 36.6 in 2021

29 from 27 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1121004
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/01/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/08/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/2012
Companies House
Company number 06040232 · Active
Contact on the register
01608810055 · info@specialeffect.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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