The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Specialeffect.ORG.UK Limited

Registered charity 1121004 Registered since 2007

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.specialeffect.org.uk
Emailinfo@specialeffect.org.uk
Phone01608810055
AddressSpecialEffect, 9-12 Southill Business Park, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordsh

Finances

£2,047,952 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,585,780£1,621,099
2022£2,411,630£2,206,520
2023£2,759,201£1,988,720
2024£1,871,475£2,285,929
2025£2,047,952£2,386,370

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

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

Trustees (7)

7trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Specialeffect.ORG.UK Limited · 06040232 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/01/2007

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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