Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire
Space
- 5 trustees
- Income £987k (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, Disability, Recreation and 1 more
- Where
- Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and more
- Website
- www.spaceherts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£987k£1.0m
- 2024£823k£723k
- 2023£456k£426k
Earlier years
- 2022£352k£265k
- 2021£154k£131k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 17% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND CARERS OF CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE DIAGNOSED OR UNDER ASSESSMENT FOR AUTISM (ASD) AND/OR ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) AND RELATED CONDITIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING, ORGANISING AND FACILITATING EXPERIENCES TO REDUCE FAMILY ISOLATION AND PROMOTE INCLUSION;B) IMPROVING AND ADVANCING THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS OF PARENTS/CARERS AND PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND SUPPORT AND PROMOTE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION;C) BUILDING A SMALL BANK OF RESOURCES INCLUDING AIDES THAT PARENTS/CARERS CAN BORROW TO FURTHER SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT; ANDD) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES FACED BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THESE CONDITIONS AND THE SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
Grants received
29 grants · £815,629 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 · £550,949 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £122,500 (4 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £78,100 (13 grants)
- Postcode Places Trust · £25,000
- CAF · £16,080
Most recent
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- LYN Heathcote Sharif Chair since 2017
- Mark Wilson since 2020
- Polly Kerr since 2020
- Sarah Jones since 2026
- Victoria Helen Kemp since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- LYN Heathcote Sharif Chair since 2017
- Polly Kerr since 2020
- Victoria Helen Kemp since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- LYN Heathcote Sharif Chair since 2017
- Mark Wilson since 2020
- Polly Kerr since 2020
- Sarah Jones since 2026
- Victoria Helen Kemp since 2018
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
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1172178
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 Mar 2017 as amended on 19 Nov 2019 as amended on 19 Nov 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01920452270 · admin@spaceherts.org.uk
- 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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