Registered charity · Leicester
BIG Difference Company Limited
BIG Difference Company Limited is a registered charity (number 1135167) based in Leicester, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £500k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £500k (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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- FRPADVISORY.COM (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- BIG Difference Company Limited
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£500k£495k
- 2024£473k£496k
- 2023£327k£438k
Earlier years
- 2022£347k£373k
- 2021£289k£214k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1. TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS;3.2. TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING THROUGH THE ARTS;3.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THROUGH COMEDY AND COMEDY PERFORMANCE.
Grants received
7 grants · £101,599 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 · £39,980 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £37,700
- The Baring Foundation · £20,040
- Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation · £3,879 (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.
6 trustees on the board
- Christine Traill since 2022
- DR MAX Schurer since 2013
- Emma Mary Anderson since 2014
- Laura Hailstone since 2020
- Ravi Kotecha since 2023
- Robbie Kerr since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- DR MAX Schurer since 2013
- Emma Mary Anderson since 2014
- Laura Hailstone since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Laura Hailstone since 2020
- Ravi Kotecha since 2023
- Robbie Kerr since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Christine Traill since 2022
- DR MAX Schurer since 2013
- Emma Mary Anderson since 2014
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135167
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 NOVEMBER 1995
- Companies House
- Company number 03121538 · Liquidation
- Contact on the register
- 01163033333 · JOHN.LOWE@FRPADVISORY.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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