Registered charity · Cheshire
MCS Charitable Foundation
1.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and specifically restricted to: 1.1.1 the advancement of education and environmental protection and improvement by educating the public in the subject of the design, development, manufacture...
- 7 trustees
- Income £8.8m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.mcscharitablefoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- MCS Charitable Foundation
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£8.8m£8.2m
- 2023£8.0m£6.5m
- 2022£5.6m£4.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£3.3m£3.3m
- 2020£1.2m£1.6m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and specifically restricted to: 1.1.1 the advancement of education and environmental protection and improvement by educating the public in the subject of the design, development, manufacture and installation of renewable energy and low carbon technologies (products and systems) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, providing bursaries to those wishing to pursue careers in this area and institutions providing education in this area); 1.1.2 the advancement of education and environmental protection and improvement by promoting study and research into the design, development, manufacture and installation of renewable energy and low carbon technologies (products and systems), provided that the useful results of such study and research are disseminated to the public at large; 1.1.3 the advancement of health and the saving of lives and environmental protection and improvement by promoting study and research into improving the safety of the design, development, manufacture and installation of renewable energy and low carbon technologies (products and systems),provided that the useful results of such study and research are disseminated to the public at large; 1.1.4 the advancement of environmental protection and improvement by supporting the development of standards and related guidance for the renewable energy and low carbon technology sector; and 1.1.5 the advancement of environmental protection and improvement by raising awareness and confidence amongst consumers in the area of renewable energy and low carbon technologies (products and systems). 1.2 This provision may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Fabio Silva Nehme Chair since 2019
- David Stuart Pinder since 2025
- Karen Shearer since 2022
- Matthew Benjamin Billson since 2025
- Professor Mary Ethna Black since 2024
- Rebecca Evelyn Ritchie since 2025
- Sarah Kate Gosling since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Fabio Silva Nehme Chair since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Fabio Silva Nehme Chair since 2019
- David Stuart Pinder since 2025
- Matthew Benjamin Billson since 2025
- Professor Mary Ethna Black since 2024
- Rebecca Evelyn Ritchie since 2025
- Sarah Kate Gosling since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Karen Shearer since 2022
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
14.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 46.4 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165752
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JUN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 DEC 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 NOV 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 MAR 2022 as amended on 06 Oct 2022 as amended on 24 Oct 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 10119873 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07780545580 · info@mcscharitablefoundation.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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