Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire
Electric Umbrella
- 8 trustees
- Income £773k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Luton
- Website
- www.electricumbrella.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£773k£679k
- 2024£896k£778k
- 2023£746k£705k
Earlier years
- 2022£266k£368k
- 2021£385k£237k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS.
Grants received
26 grants · £607,788 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £180,000 (2 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £171,365 (15 grants)
- Youth Music · £100,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £69,770 (5 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £34,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Susan Clark Chair since 2024
- Adina Collins since 2023
- Chris Luff since 2020
- Kate Holland-Hibbert since 2021
- Lyle Aitken since 2022
- Meena Hansen since 2022
- Simon Putman since 2024
- Suzanne Landridge since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Chris Luff since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Susan Clark Chair since 2024
- Adina Collins since 2023
- Kate Holland-Hibbert since 2021
- Lyle Aitken since 2022
- Meena Hansen since 2022
- Simon Putman since 2024
- Suzanne Landridge since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Chris Luff since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165164
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 14 Jan 2016 as amended on 14 Dec 2020 as amended on 14 Dec 2020 as amended on 15 Dec 2020 as amended on 16 Dec 2020 as amended on 16 Dec 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07452806517 · mel@electricumbrella.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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