Registered charity · Bristol
Special Friends Club
- 6 trustees
- Income £56k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- www.specialfriendsclub.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£56k£48k
- 2024£91k£110k
- 2023£75k£87k
Earlier years
- 2022£60k£50k
- 2021£12k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES ONLY, BRINGING TOGETHER FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND WORKERS FROM VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THE CARE, WELFARE, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, ADVANCEMENT AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE TO THOSE FAMILIES, SIBLINGS AND THEIR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THE PURPOSE OF OUR CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHICH ARE USUALLY INACCESSIBLE DUE TO THEIR DISABILITY. WE HIRE VENUES FOR SOLE USE WITHOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC PRESENT THIS IS ESSENTIAL AS MANY OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE SENSORY, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOUR DIFFICULTIES
Grants received
1 grant · £10,500 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
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
- Elizabeth Frances Stratton Chair since 2019
- Chantal Marie-Claude Byrne since 2011
- Dr Jahantab Hashmi since 2024
- Leanne Jayne Parkes since 2019
- Maya Vaitilingam since 2011
- Susan Edgerley since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Frances Stratton Chair since 2019
- Chantal Marie-Claude Byrne since 2011
- Leanne Jayne Parkes since 2019
- Maya Vaitilingam since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Elizabeth Frances Stratton Chair since 2019
- Chantal Marie-Claude Byrne since 2011
- Dr Jahantab Hashmi since 2024
- Leanne Jayne Parkes since 2019
- Maya Vaitilingam since 2011
- Susan Edgerley since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142501
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24/05/2011
- Contact on the register
- 07854427394 · admin@specialfriendsclub.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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