Registered charity (CIO) · Bishops Castle
Sport and Arts in the Community (Sparc) South West Shropshire
- 10 trustees
- Income £106k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Fiona BoakTrustee · since 2025
- Graham Stuart HemmingsTrustee · since 2017
- Heather KiddTrustee · since 2025
- Jean ShirleyTrustee · since 2018
- Julie MagillTrustee · since 2025
- Martin Anthony HowittTrustee · since 2023
- Reuben Talbot ThorleyTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth Margaret HoughtonTrustee · since 2017
- Ryan John DaviesTrustee · since 2017
- Stephen RooneyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Shropshire
- Website
- savethesparc.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£106k£9k
- 2024£125k£25k
- 2023£83k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£19k£93k
- 2021£37k£27k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR SPORTS, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.2. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINEIN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE AND FACILITIES AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY AND/OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.
Grants received
2 grants · £17,000 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
- Sport England · £15,000
- Making A Difference Locally · £2,000
Most recent
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
- Fiona Boak since 2025
- Graham Stuart Hemmings since 2017
- Heather Kidd since 2025
- Jean Shirley since 2018
- Julie Magill since 2025
- Martin Anthony Howitt since 2023
- Ryan John Davies since 2017
- Reuben Talbot Thorley since 2018
- Ruth Margaret Houghton since 2017
- Stephen Rooney since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Graham Stuart Hemmings since 2017
- Jean Shirley since 2018
- Ryan John Davies since 2017
- Reuben Talbot Thorley since 2018
- Ruth Margaret Houghton since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Graham Stuart Hemmings since 2017
- Jean Shirley since 2018
- Julie Magill since 2025
- Ryan John Davies since 2017
- Reuben Talbot Thorley since 2018
- Ruth Margaret Houghton since 2017
- Stephen Rooney since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Fiona Boak since 2025
- Heather Kidd since 2025
- Martin Anthony Howitt since 2023
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
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
- 1170997
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jan 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01588 638250 · gshemmings@hotmail.com
- 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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