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Registered charity (CIO) · Shrewsbury

Upstart Projects

Upstart Projects is a registered charity (number 1157864) based in Shrewsbury, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £107k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Voice (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £107k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.voicemag.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£107k£114k
  • 2024£77k£86k
  • 2023£122k£190k
Earlier years
  • 2022£280k£209k
  • 2021£103k£82k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO TAKE PART IN AND LEAD ACTIVITIES IN THE ARTS, MEDIA AND CULTURE AND WHICH DEVELOPS THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN AND BENEFIT SOCIETY AS CREATIVE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS

Grants received

7 grants · £77,970 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

  • Postcode Local Trust · £32,500 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £30,060 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,410

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,0002026-04-01
  • Postcode Local Trust £17,5002025-03-31
  • Postcode Local Trust £15,0002023-09-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £19,6952020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,9102020-02-28
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.

6 trustees on the board

5.7y median 6.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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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£107k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1157864
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 15 Jul 2014 as amended on 29 Nov 2022
Contact on the register
0330 0881008 · hello@voicemag.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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