The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Sunshine Centre

Registered charity 1124335 Registered since 2008

Operates: Oxfordshire

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

6
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 7Economic/community Development/employment 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 7Business services 2Education 2

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£688k 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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 16.4 in 2021

34 from 30 in 2022
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.
138 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailinfo@sunshinecentre.org
Phone01295688287
AddressTHE SUNSHINE CENTRE, EDMUNDS ROAD, BANBURY, OX16 0PJ

Finances

£688,030 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£387,975£343,123
2022£594,216£694,745
2023£648,843£744,034
2024£588,225£623,555
2025£688,030£859,210

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1 TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN THE INTERESTS OF PLAY AND SOCIAL WELFARE, IN OR DIRECTED FROM THE PROJECT, FOR THE PARTICULAR BENEFIT OF THE BRETCH HILL AREA (THE 'AREA') WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE PROJECT IS FREELY AVAILABLE TO ALL LIVING WITHIN THE AREA;2 TO BRING TOGETHER IN A COMMON EFFORT ALL PERSONS WISHING TO PROMOTE THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE IN THE AREA BY COOPERATIVE AND MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITIES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHERWELL DISTRICT COUNCIL POLICIES FOR PLAY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL POLICIES FOR COMMUNITY, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE; AND3 TO PROMOTE THE ABOVE OBJECTS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION TO THE DETRIMENT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR COLOUR, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS BELIEF, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/07/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/06/2011

Trustees (7)

7trustees
68median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Sunshine Centre · 05876714 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/07/2006

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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