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Registered charity · London

The Span Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £17k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.spantrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Span Trust
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£17k£19k
  • 2024£22k£26k
  • 2023£16k£14k
Earlier years
  • 2022£45k£44k
  • 2021£38k£36k
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC1) TO ADVANCE URBAN REGENERATION THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION), THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC AMENITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISABILITY, AGE OR ILL HEALTH THROUGH THE CARRYING OUT OF OR PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR BUILDING PROJECTS WHICH ALLEVIATE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS, THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM AND THEIR DEPENDENTS;3) TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECREATIONAL SPACE OR FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, CARE HOMES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS FURTHERING CHARITABLE PURPOSES; AND4) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Board analysis for researchers

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

11y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

33.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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

Business services 32Property 29Construction 21

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1159280
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 NOV 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/10/2014
Companies House
Company number 08787201 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7428 5822
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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