The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The POD

Registered charity 1161092 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Somerset

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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

3.3y median 1.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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£121k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thepodcharity.org.uk
Emailadmin@thepodcharity.org.uk
Phone07546781615
AddressC/O Frome Town Hall, Christchurch Street West, FROME, BA11 1EB

Finances

£121,371 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£51,058£32,201
2022£71,579£59,658
2023£96,086£69,938
2024£97,910£82,490
2025£121,371£95,078

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

?TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO IN-TEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.?

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 27 Mar 2015

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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