Registered charity · Rct
The Fern Partnership
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.3m (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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.fernpartnership.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Fern Partnership
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.2m
- 2024£995k£991k
- 2023£961k£955k
Earlier years
- 2022£899k£881k
- 2021£965k£878k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 39% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF FERNDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BY RAISING FUNDS FOR ITEMS AND ACTIVITIES OVER AND ABOVE THESE WHICH THE LEA PROVIDE FOR;B. THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE UPPER RHONDDA FACH BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;II. THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; III. THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES IN RELATIONS TO CHARITY ASSETS;IV. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;V. THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;VI. THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;VII. THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;VIII. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
Grants received
7 grants · £847,317 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £450,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £363,346 (4 grants)
- People's Health Trust · £33,021
- Henry Smith Foundation · £950
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Kelvin Jones Chair since 2024
- David Owen Dean since 2021
- Heather Nicholas since 2025
- Howard Burge since 2020
- Michelle Coburn-Hughes since 2016
- Michael Davies since 2022
- Nathan Prygodzicz since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Howard Burge since 2020
- Michelle Coburn-Hughes since 2016
- Nathan Prygodzicz since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Kelvin Jones Chair since 2024
- David Owen Dean since 2021
- Heather Nicholas since 2025
- Howard Burge since 2020
- Michelle Coburn-Hughes since 2016
- Michael Davies since 2022
- Nathan Prygodzicz 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.
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168892
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 JUL 2016 as amended on 01 Apr 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 10156361 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01443755337
- 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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