Registered charity · Ilkley
DAN's DEN AT Christchurch
- 7 trustees
- Income £121k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Recreation
- Where
- Bradford City
- Website
- www.dansdensoftplay.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- DAN’s DEN AT Christchurch
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£121k£125k
- 2024£118k£131k
- 2023£116k£115k
Earlier years
- 2022£97k£95k
- 2021£64k£72k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1 THE PROVISION OR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES RUN WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ILKLEY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE ILKLEY METHODIST CHURCH AND ILKLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY SUPPORTING:4.2.1 PASTORAL WORK;4.2.2 MISSION AND EVANGELISM;4.2.3 THE TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND4.2.4 THE CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP; AND4.3 THE SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS FOR FURTHERANCE OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
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
- Christine Henney Chair since 2020
- Catherine Marianne Meredith since 2019
- David Arvin Shaw since 2024
- Dr Sarah Jowett since 2015
- Professor Michael Frederick Dixon since 2019
- Rachel Joanne Wales-Smith since 2015
- Sarah Dybeck since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Henney Chair since 2020
- Catherine Marianne Meredith since 2019
- Dr Sarah Jowett since 2015
- Professor Michael Frederick Dixon since 2019
- Rachel Joanne Wales-Smith since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Catherine Marianne Meredith since 2019
- David Arvin Shaw since 2024
- Dr Sarah Jowett since 2015
- Professor Michael Frederick Dixon since 2019
- Rachel Joanne Wales-Smith since 2015
- Sarah Dybeck since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Christine Henney Chair since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1166027
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JUN 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09655340 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01943603903 · dansden@outlook.com
- 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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