Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
The TOY Appeal
The TOY Appeal is a registered charity (number 1179080) based in Manchester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by DEE Drake since 2018. Latest income £132k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £132k (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
- Salford City, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Bolton and more
- Website
- thetoyappeal.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£132k£265k
- 2024£312k£153k
- 2023£258k£336k
Earlier years
- 2022£263k£167k
- 2021£166k£145k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF NEED OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY,?NANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN GREATER MANCHESTER, CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE,THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:I) TOYS AND BOOKS TO CHILDREN AGED 0-17 WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE RECEIVE THEM.II) ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE, SOAP, SANITARY TOWELS AND BLANKETS TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
Grants received
2 grants · £3,000 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
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £3,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- DEE Drake Chair since 2018
- Angela Kinder since 2020
- Christine Tann Yeates since 2018
- Christopher John Drake since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- DEE Drake Chair since 2018
- Angela Kinder since 2020
- Christine Tann Yeates since 2018
- Christopher John Drake since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- DEE Drake Chair since 2018
- Angela Kinder since 2020
- Christine Tann Yeates since 2018
- Christopher John Drake 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
- 1179080
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jul 2018
- Contact on the register
- 00000000000 · thetoyappeal@gmail.com
- 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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