Registered charity · Staffordshire
Bison in the Community
- 5 trustees
- Income £12m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Linked company
- Bison in the Community Limited
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£12m£12m
- 2023£12m£11m
- 2022£12m£9.0m
Earlier years
- 2021£6.1m£4.5m
- 2020£1.5m£1.5m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITYPARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION THROUGH SPORTS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS(2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS LIFE. (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (3) THE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES ARE: (A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND/OR SAVING OF LIVES (C) HELP THOSE WITH DISABILITIES (D)AMATEUR SPORTS PROGRAM (E) ECONOMIC, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS(4) THE ORGANISATION AIMS TO DIRECT IT'S RESOURCES TO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: (A) CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE (B) PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (C) OTHER CHARITABLE OR VOLUNTARY BODIES (D) THE GENERAL PUBLIC/MANKIND (5) THE ORGANISATION AIMS TO PROVIDE THE AFOREMENTIONED BY THE FOLLOWINGMEANS: (A) MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS (B) MAKE GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS (C) PROVIDE OTHER FORMS OF FINANCE (D) PROVIDE HUMAN RESOURCES (E) PROVIDE BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACE (F) PROVIDE SERVICES (G) PROVIDES ADVOCACY, ADVICE AND INFORMATION
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
- Darren Green since 2012
- Dominic Mcdermott since 2014
- Heath Rhodes since 2014
- Matthew Burman Lloyd since 2018
- Tim Fife since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Darren Green since 2012
- Dominic Mcdermott since 2014
- Heath Rhodes since 2014
- Matthew Burman Lloyd since 2018
- Tim Fife since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (5)
- Darren Green since 2012
- Dominic Mcdermott since 2014
- Heath Rhodes since 2014
- Matthew Burman Lloyd since 2018
- Tim Fife 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149297
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 JUL 2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07713846 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01543 363738 · bitc@wintersports.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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