The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Mears Foundation

Registered charity 1134941 Registered since 2010

Operates: South Africa, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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

5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Business services 6Health and social care 2Agriculture 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£358k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.themearsfoundation.org.uk
Emailmearsfoundation@mearsgroup.co.uk
Phone01452634600
AddressMears Group, Unit 5220, Valiant Court, Delta Way, Gloucester Business Park, Brockwor

Finances

£358,058 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£124,085£107,235
2022£302,141£256,344
2023£420,796£305,336
2024£347,502£418,194
2025£358,058£392,027

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW FOR THE TIME BEING OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2009

Trustees (7)

7trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Mears Foundation · 07021016 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/09/2009

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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