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Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester

ST Matthews BIG Local (Leicester)

ST Matthews BIG Local (Leicester) is a registered charity (number 1166668) based in Leicester, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by LEE Nicholls since 2016. Latest income £266k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of The City of Leicester and the County of Leicestershire and in particular the community of St Matthews Estate, Leicester without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race or politics, religion or...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £266k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport and 4 more
Where
Leicester City
Website
WWW.STMATTHEWSBIGLOCAL.COM (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£266k£246k
  • 2024£256k£218k
  • 2023£223k£213k
Earlier years
  • 2022£193k£221k
  • 2021£197k£205k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of The City of Leicester and the County of Leicestershire and in particular the community of St Matthews Estate, Leicester without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race or politics, religion or other opinions, by associating together with the said inhabitants, and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to improve facilities and service provision in the interest of social welfare, community cohesion and improving conditions and life chances for local residents including by the provision of a community facility.

Grants received

17 grants · £425,310 total

360Giving 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

  • Sport England · £168,099 (5 grants)
  • The Tudor Trust · £102,000 (4 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £100,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £41,211 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 4Agriculture 1Other services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£266k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1166668
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 21 Apr 2016 as amended on 16 Nov 2022 as amended on 18 Nov 2024
Contact on the register
0116 2518737 · STMATTHEWSBIGLOCAL@GMAIL.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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