Registered charity (CIO) · Swindon
Swindon Childrens Scrapstore
Swindon Childrens Scrapstore is a registered charity (number 1168574) based in Swindon, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £203k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £203k (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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Wiltshire, Swindon
- Website
- www.scrapstore.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£203k£258k
- 2024£226k£261k
- 2023£284k£249k
Earlier years
- 2022£313k£240k
- 2021£393k£215k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(I) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(II) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SWINDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) COLLECTING, STORAGE AND REDISTRIBUTION OF REUSABLE WASTE FOR ART, CRAFT AND PLAY;B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE RE-USE;C) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WASTE ITEMS FOR RE-USE;D) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OR RETRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE IN WASTE RE-USE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.
Grants received
8 grants · £41,640 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
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £31,640 (7 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Brook Linnet since 2025
- Ranjit Sihra since 2023
- Sally Huggins since 2022
- Sarah Connell since 2021
- Simon Cheney since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Cheney since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Brook Linnet since 2025
- Ranjit Sihra since 2023
- Sally Huggins since 2022
- Sarah Connell since 2021
- Simon Cheney since 2016
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168574
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 03 Aug 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01793513982 · swss@scrapstore.co.uk
- 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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