Registered charity (CIO) · Chester
Space
- 6 trustees
- Income £256k (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
- Where
- Flintshire, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.spacecheshire.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£256k£356k
- 2024£354k£309k
- 2023£259k£264k
Earlier years
- 2022£199k£225k
- 2021£175k£140k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND/OR OTHER LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF A MULTI-SENSORY AND SAFE PLAY ENVIRONMENT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CHILDRENS CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEER SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND CARERS AS WE RECOGNISE THEIR ROLE IS INTEGERAL IN THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS.
Grants received
34 grants · £901,791 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 · £579,621 (8 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £90,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (4 grants)
- Westminster Foundation · £50,243 (7 grants)
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £44,168 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alan Jones since 2023
- Helen Rainbird since 2018
- Jonathan Haigh since 2019
- Kate Francis since 2017
- Louise Smith since 2017
- Siobhan Williams since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Rainbird since 2018
- Jonathan Haigh since 2019
- Kate Francis since 2017
- Louise Smith since 2017
- Siobhan Williams since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alan Jones since 2023
- Helen Rainbird since 2018
- Jonathan Haigh since 2019
- Kate Francis since 2017
- Louise Smith since 2017
- Siobhan Williams since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1175957
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Nov 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07849110343 · Admin@spacecheshire.org
- 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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