Registered charity (CIO) · Southport
The Atkinson Development Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £17k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alice Elizabeth ClarkChair · since 2023
- Bernadette Christine ReynoldsTrustee · since 2024
- Gemma Louise Grady HillTrustee · since 2023
- Jill Sarah CarruthersTrustee · since 2024
- Laura BellTrustee · since 2021
- Luke Edward BarnesTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew Hunter SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Kenneth SchoolerTrustee · since 2024
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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Sefton
- Website
- www.theatkinson.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£15k
- 2024£14k£11k
- 2023£13k£12k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£9k
- 2021£3k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE ATKINSON DEVELOPMENT TRUST ARE:• TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL) BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO ARTS, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ACTIVITIES SERVICE MANAGED FOR SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ATKINSON COMPLEX, TO VALUE THEM FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT MAKES UPON THEIR LIVES AND WELLBEING;• TO PROMOTE ART, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING CULTURAL SERVICES MANAGED FOR SEFTON PARTICULARLY THE ATKINSON, AND PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY ARTS, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SERVICE THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND ENLIGHTENING
Grants received
1 grant · £9,961 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 · £9,961
Most recent
- 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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alice Elizabeth Clark Chair since 2023
- Bernadette Christine Reynolds since 2024
- Gemma Louise Grady Hill since 2023
- Jill Sarah Carruthers since 2024
- Laura Bell since 2021
- Luke Edward Barnes since 2024
- Matthew Hunter Smith since 2024
- Robert Kenneth Schooler since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alice Elizabeth Clark Chair since 2023
- Bernadette Christine Reynolds since 2024
- Gemma Louise Grady Hill since 2023
- Jill Sarah Carruthers since 2024
- Laura Bell since 2021
- Luke Edward Barnes since 2024
- Matthew Hunter Smith since 2024
- Robert Kenneth Schooler since 2024
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.
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
- 1161020
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 23 MAR 2015AMENDED ON 04 AUG 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01704 533333 · hello@atkinsontrust.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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