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Registered charity (CIO) · Cheshire

Switch the Play Foundation

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £706k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.switchtheplay.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£706k£685k
  • 2024£277k£269k
  • 2023£194k£231k
Earlier years
  • 2022£201k£252k
  • 2021£209k£219k
Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF, PARTICULARLY BY:(A) SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BENEFICIARIES WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE TO HELP THEM TO PURSUE CAREERS OUTSIDE SPORT. (B) ADVANCING RESEARCH INTO THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY BENEFICIARIES IN TRANSITIONING TO LIFE OUTSIDE ELITE SPORT.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SPORTSPEOPLE BOTH RETIRED AND WHO ARE ACTIVE IN COMPETITIVE SPORT, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING OR ARE EXPERIENCING POOR MENTAL HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, MENTORING AND OTHER SUPPORT

Board analysis for researchers

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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

Arts and leisure 8Other services 2Professional services 2

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£706k 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

5
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1187733
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Feb 2020
Contact on the register
07919328389 · rob.young@switchtheplay.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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