Registered charity · Banbury
The Sunshine Centre
The Sunshine Centre is a registered charity (number 1124335) based in Banbury, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £688k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £688k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Linked company
- The Sunshine Centre
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£688k£859k
- 2024£588k£624k
- 2023£649k£744k
Earlier years
- 2022£594k£695k
- 2021£388k£343k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 52%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
12 grants · £490,956 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £326,050 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £56,936
- CAF · £51,555
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £33,915 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £22,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Anne Mary Cooper since 2025
- April Carolyn Guiness since 2023
- Bernard Goodchild since 2022
- David Richardson since 2018
- Jennifer Harris since 2020
- Kathryn Hall since 2024
- Surinder Dhesi since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- David Richardson since 2018
- Jennifer Harris since 2020
- Surinder Dhesi since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- April Carolyn Guiness since 2023
- David Richardson since 2018
- Jennifer Harris since 2020
- Kathryn Hall since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Anne Mary Cooper since 2025
- Bernard Goodchild since 2022
- Surinder Dhesi since 2018
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
4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 16.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1124335
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/07/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/06/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 05876714 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01295688287 · info@sunshinecentre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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