Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire
Abingdon Carousel
- 7 trustees
- Income £111k (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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Recreation
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.abingdoncarousel.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£111k£92k
- 2024£111k£92k
- 2023£93k£77k
Earlier years
- 2022£43k£59k
- 2021£57k£53k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 33%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING AND OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY AMONGST RESIDENTS OF ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. (2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES PARTICULARLY THOSE AIMED AT PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY AND HELPING PEOPLE MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS IN SOCIETY. (3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
5 grants · £46,072 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £27,500 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £17,974 (2 grants)
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £598
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Jennifer Louise Reading since 2023
- Kathryn Devine since 2024
- Lucy Anne Madgwick since 2026
- Penelope Clover since 2018
- Ruth Hawkins since 2019
- Sharron Jenkinson since 2021
- Stuart Noel Williams since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Penelope Clover since 2018
- Ruth Hawkins since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jennifer Louise Reading since 2023
- Kathryn Devine since 2024
- Lucy Anne Madgwick since 2026
- Ruth Hawkins since 2019
- Sharron Jenkinson since 2021
- Stuart Noel Williams since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Penelope Clover 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
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
- 1177322
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Feb 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01235 526691 · manager@abingdoncarousel.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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