Registered charity (CIO) · Cheshire
Smart School Councils Community
- 4 trustees
- Income £265k (2025)
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
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.smartschoolcouncils.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£265k£192k
- 2024£220k£232k
- 2023£228k£248k
Earlier years
- 2022£195k£230k
- 2021£230k£166k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FROM TIME TO TIME MAY PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL COUNCILS AND OTHER FORMS OF STUDENT REPRESENTATION AND ACTION THROUGH:(A) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF THOSE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO AND ENGAGE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
Grants received
3 grants · £16,258 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £16,258 (2 grants)
- Nesta ·
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Sam Hockman Chair since 2021
- Graca Fonseca since 2025
- Jon Alexander since 2025
- Katherine Knight since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Sam Hockman Chair since 2021
- Graca Fonseca since 2025
- Jon Alexander since 2025
- Katherine Knight since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1156110
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 11 Mar 2014 as amended on 24 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 020 3966 2058 · membership@smartschoolcouncils.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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