Registered charity · Shrewsbury
The Crossbar Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £59k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thecrossbarfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£59k£14k
- 2024£13k£9k
- 2023£22k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£14k
- 2021£6k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.B) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING COACHING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPABILITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Grants received
6 grants · £64,085 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,400 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £27,360 (3 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £7,325
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Aiston SAM since 2016
- Edward James Watkins since 2016
- Mark Robert Hignett since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Aiston SAM since 2016
- Edward James Watkins since 2016
- Mark Robert Hignett since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Aiston SAM since 2016
- Edward James Watkins since 2016
- Mark Robert Hignett since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1167741
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 01 OCT 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01952 677965 · info@thecrossbarfoundation.org
- 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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