Registered charity (CIO) · Norwich
The Kearns Foundation
- 7 trustees
- Income £5k (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, Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and more
- Website
- www.kearnsfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5k£6k
- 2024£3k£6k
- 2023£4k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£13k£8k
- 2021£21k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 82%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.2) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC3) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew Copelin Chair since 2017
- Alex Kearns since 2017
- Chris Willett since 2018
- Karen Willett since 2018
- Michael Tingley since 2017
- Will Kearns since 2021
- James Kearns since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Copelin Chair since 2017
- Alex Kearns since 2017
- Chris Willett since 2018
- Karen Willett since 2018
- Michael Tingley since 2017
- James Kearns since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Andrew Copelin Chair since 2017
- Alex Kearns since 2017
- Chris Willett since 2018
- Karen Willett since 2018
- Michael Tingley since 2017
- Will Kearns since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- James Kearns since 2017
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.
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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
- 1174340
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Aug 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07747774977 · contact@kearnsfoundation.org.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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