Registered charity (CIO) · Lymington
Spud
- 13 trustees
- Income £271k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Deborah Jane Owen-EllisChair · since 2025
- Alex Robert CraigTrustee · since 2025
- Alison Suzanne WardTrustee · since 2021
- Channa VithanaTrustee · since 2021
- Dominic Michael KippinTrustee · since 2026
- Emma Louise JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Giles Stephen SwanTrustee · since 2026
- Inigo Fynn Benjamin OrmerodTrustee · since 2023
- Judith SharrockTrustee · since 2025
- Kristina Ann BroughtonTrustee · since 2025
- Mahdi KazemzadehTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew LawsonTrustee · since 2021
- Mia Amy DelveTrustee · since 2021
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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.spudgroup.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£271k£293k
- 2024£270k£270k
- 2023£279k£238k
Earlier years
- 2022£169k£163k
- 2021£174k£166k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 32%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, IN PARTICULAR BY: (I) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND OF ORGANISING AND PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH ARTS; AND (II) CONCEIVING AND DELIVERING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT DEVELOP SKILLS AND PROVIDE IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF PLACE, THE ARTS, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR INTER-CONNECTION; AND B. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS, PARTICULARLY FACILITIES FOR THE PROMOTION, CREATION AND EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART WITH THE OBJECT OF GIVING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE ACCESS TO THE ARTS BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
6 grants · £154,604 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
- Sport England · £60,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £55,800 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,804
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
13 trustees on the board
- Deborah Jane Owen-Ellis Chair since 2025
- Alex Robert Craig since 2025
- Alison Suzanne Ward since 2021
- Channa Vithana since 2021
- Dominic Michael Kippin since 2026
- Emma Louise Jones since 2025
- Giles Stephen Swan since 2026
- Inigo Fynn Benjamin Ormerod since 2023
- Judith Sharrock since 2025
- Kristina Ann Broughton since 2025
- Mahdi Kazemzadeh since 2026
- Matthew Lawson since 2021
- Mia Amy Delve since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Deborah Jane Owen-Ellis Chair since 2025
- Alex Robert Craig since 2025
- Alison Suzanne Ward since 2021
- Dominic Michael Kippin since 2026
- Emma Louise Jones since 2025
- Giles Stephen Swan since 2026
- Inigo Fynn Benjamin Ormerod since 2023
- Judith Sharrock since 2025
- Kristina Ann Broughton since 2025
- Mahdi Kazemzadeh since 2026
- Mia Amy Delve since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Channa Vithana since 2021
- Matthew Lawson since 2021
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160358
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 05 FEB 2015AMENDED ON 16 APR 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01590682260 · jointheadventure@spudgroup.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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