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Registered charity (CIO) · Lincolnshire

Gainsborough Adventure Playground CIO

Gainsborough Adventure Playground CIO is a registered charity (number 1130827) based in Lincolnshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Karen Elizabeth Farmer since 2020. Latest income £163k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

Also known as Gapa (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £163k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Lincolnshire
Website
www.gapaltd.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£163k£110k
  • 2024£101k£134k
  • 2023£109k£116k
Earlier years
  • 2022£78k£88k
  • 2021£86k£111k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A. TO RELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING SERVICES OF FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.B. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL INHABITANTS OF GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.C. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Grants received

6 grants · £203,646 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.

6 trustees on the board

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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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 6Economic/community Development/employment 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£163k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1130827
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 02 OCT 2024
Contact on the register
01427617165 · gapaltd@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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