Registered charity (CIO) · Southampton
The Courage Foundation UK
- 10 trustees
- Income £6k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ruth PalmerChair · since 2015
- Bethany VargesonTrustee · since 2015
- Claire WhiteTrustee · since 2015
- Ellen VargesonTrustee · since 2015
- John WhiteTrustee · since 2015
- Mark VargesonTrustee · since 2015
- Matthew LongTrustee · since 2015
- Rebekah LongTrustee · since 2015
- Rev Antony PalmerTrustee · since 2015
- Simon VargesonTrustee · since 2015
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thecouragefoundation.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£6k£5k
- 2023£23k£22k
- 2022£16k£31k
Earlier years
- 2021£18k£31k
- 2020£34k£23k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT LIVING IN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING SUCH SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH PERSONS IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FAMILY DAYS OUT AT THEME PARKS.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Ruth Palmer Chair since 2015
- Bethany Vargeson since 2015
- Claire White since 2015
- Ellen Vargeson since 2015
- John White since 2015
- Mark Vargeson since 2015
- Matthew Long since 2015
- Rebekah Long since 2015
- Rev Antony Palmer since 2015
- Simon Vargeson since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Ruth Palmer Chair since 2015
- Bethany Vargeson since 2015
- Claire White since 2015
- Ellen Vargeson since 2015
- John White since 2015
- Mark Vargeson since 2015
- Matthew Long since 2015
- Rebekah Long since 2015
- Rev Antony Palmer since 2015
- Simon Vargeson since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Ruth Palmer Chair since 2015
- Claire White since 2015
- Ellen Vargeson since 2015
- John White since 2015
- Mark Vargeson since 2015
- Matthew Long since 2015
- Rebekah Long since 2015
- Simon Vargeson since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Bethany Vargeson since 2015
- Rev Antony Palmer since 2015
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
- 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
- 1166093
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Mar 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07590111838 · thecouragefoundationuk@gmail.com
- 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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