Chums Charity

Registered charity 1179048 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Andrew Mark Carter Chair since 2023
Dawn Hewitt since 2017
Jenny Coles CBE since 2023
Jessica Margaret Ann Costanzo since 2023
Kevin Lawson-Mcnamara since 2023
Sharon Knott since 2024

3.8y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dawn Hewitt since 2017

9.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Andrew Mark Carter Chair since 2023
Dawn Hewitt since 2017
Jessica Margaret Ann Costanzo since 2023

Portfolio (3)

Jenny Coles CBE since 2023
Kevin Lawson-Mcnamara since 2023
Sharon Knott since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Other Charitable Purposes 5Recreation 4Education/training 2Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 5Other services 3Construction 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£537k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.0 in 2021

3 from 4 in 2023

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

Coram Voice (Formerly Voice for the Child in Care) 1 shared trustee
Dldd Trust 1 shared trustee
John Horniman's Children's Trust 1 shared trustee
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital) 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Maelor Voluntary Service Similar size; both Other purposes
Chesterfield Care Group Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://chumscharity.org
Email	sue.clarke@chumscharity.org
Phone	01525863924
Address	Chums, Wrest Park Enterprise Centre, Wrest Park, Silsoe, BEDFORD, MK45 4HS

Finances

£537,042 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£426,520	£407,795
2022	£357,359	£350,255
2023	£540,753	£550,569
2024	£448,089	£468,762
2025	£537,042	£546,453

What it does

What

DisabilityRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY BEREAVEMENT, TRAUMA AND OTHER EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 JUN 2018

Trustees (6)

6trustees

66median age

0aged 70+

Andrew Mark Carter Chair since 2023
Dawn Hewittage band 65-69 since 2017
Jenny Coles CBEage band 65-69 since 2023
Jessica Margaret Ann Costanzoage band 30-34 since 2023
Kevin Lawson-Mcnamara since 2023
Sharon Knottage band 65-69 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Chums Charity · 11427513 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/06/2018

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital) 1 shared trustee
John Horniman's Children's Trust 1 shared trustee
Dldd Trust 1 shared trustee
Coram Voice (Formerly Voice for the Child in Care) 1 shared trustee

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