Sunshine Children's Centre

Registered charity 1177008 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: Lincolnshire

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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

Thomas Wardell Chair since 2023
Alison Heather Evans since 2025
Anne Elizabeth Sleet since 2025
Kelly Joanne Stevenson since 2018
Lisa Broomfield since 2023

3.2y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Kelly Joanne Stevenson since 2018

3.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Thomas Wardell Chair since 2023
Alison Heather Evans since 2025
Anne Elizabeth Sleet since 2025
Lisa Broomfield since 2023

Portfolio (1)

Kelly Joanne Stevenson since 2018

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£784k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.3 in 2021

35 from 35 in 2024

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Jane Palmer's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Hind Leys PRE School Similar size; both Education
Machynlleth Community Children's Project LTD Similar size; both Education
Longbridge Childcare Strategy Group Similar size; both Education
Lighthouse on the Marsh Similar size; both Education
Fellowship House Children's Centre Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.sunshinechildrenscentre.co.uk
Email	sunshineburgh@googlemail.com
Phone	01754811878
Address	Sunshine Childrens Centre, Burgh le Marsh Library, High Street, Burgh le Marsh, SKEGNESS, PE24 5JS

Finances

£783,666 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£449,427	£443,280
2022	£429,189	£451,215
2023	£481,021	£506,600
2024	£595,419	£570,737
2025	£783,666	£638,351

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS BY:(1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; (6) SUPPORTING LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH FLUID COMMUNICATION RE THE PROGRESS OF THE CHILDREN THEY WILL RECEIVE.(7) SUPPORTING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHERE REQUIRED RE THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR CARE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Feb 2018 as amended on 26 May 2023

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Thomas Wardell Chair since 2023
Alison Heather Evans since 2025
Anne Elizabeth Sleet since 2025
Kelly Joanne Stevenson since 2018
Lisa Broomfield since 2023

Connected charities (1)

Jane Palmer's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee

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