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Registered charity (CIO) · Cambridge

The Signal BOX Centre

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £31k (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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Recreation
Where
Cambridgeshire
Website
www.thesignalbox.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£31k£24k
  • 2024£33k£29k
  • 2023£38k£20k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£11k
  • 2021£5k£17k
Charitable objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE AND ACCORDIAHOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE SOUTHERN END OFTHE NEWTOWN DISTRICT IN CAMBRIDGE CITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX,SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BYASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES,VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCEEDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORRECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVINGTHE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVEPOWER:A) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TOMAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THEMAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BYTHE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.B) TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESPOND TO LOCAL NEEDS FORCOMMUNITY ACTIVITY AND SHARED INTEREST.

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

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 4Recreation 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£33k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1163454
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 07 Sep 2015
Contact on the register
07905802190 · signalboxcb2@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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