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Fernheath Play

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £26k (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
Disability, Recreation
Where
Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole
Website
www.Fernheath-play.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£26k£40k
  • 2024£40k£85k
  • 2023£96k£99k
Earlier years
  • 2022£96k£99k
  • 2021£80k£81k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

2 grants · £42,322 total

360Giving 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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1148263
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/05/2012
Contact on the register
01202581008 · fernheathpoffice@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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