The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Fernheath Play

Registered charity 1148263 Registered since 2012

Operates: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Recreation 5Disability 4Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 2Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 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£26k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.Fernheath-play.org.uk
Emailfernheathpoffice@gmail.com
Phone01202581008
AddressFernheath Play, Verney Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 8DA

Finances

£26,168 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£80,226£80,979
2022£96,068£98,865
2023£96,068£98,865
2024£39,677£85,287
2025£26,168£39,632

What it does

What

DisabilityRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS(“OBJECTS”)ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:- TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE BY:- A)PROVIDING A SAFE, SUPERVISED PLACE FOR UNSTRUCTURED, IMAGINATIVE PLAY, AS WELL AS CREATIVE, EDUCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. B)HELPING CHILDREN TO ADVANCE IN LIFE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, RESPONSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS. C)ADVANCING THEIR LEARNING.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/05/2012

Trustees (5)

5trustees
66median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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