Registered charity · Vale of Glamorgan
Ignite (BIG Ideas)
- 4 trustees
- Income £124k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Stephen Gale WilliamsChair · since 2012
- Gary SmithTrustee · since 2015
- Ian RowbottomTrustee · since 2016
- Rev Nigel Anthony JamesTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout Wales, India, Liberia
- Website
- www.igniteme.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ignite (BIG Ideas)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£124k£122k
- 2025£136k£140k
- 2024£144k£141k
Earlier years
- 2023£122k£123k
- 2022£120k£113k
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN SUCH PARTS OF SOUTH WALES, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Stephen Gale Williams Chair since 2012
- Gary Smith since 2015
- Ian Rowbottom since 2016
- Rev Nigel Anthony James since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Stephen Gale Williams Chair since 2012
- Gary Smith since 2015
- Ian Rowbottom since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Stephen Gale Williams Chair since 2012
- Gary Smith since 2015
- Ian Rowbottom since 2016
- Rev Nigel Anthony James since 2024
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.
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- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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
- 1146258
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/02/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 07935497 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02920512247 · info@igniteme.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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