Registered charity (CIO) · Porthleven
The Sparkle Foundation UK
The Sparkle Foundation UK is a registered charity (number 1192213) based in Porthleven, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Leigh Yates since 2020. Latest income £131k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £131k (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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Cornwall, Carmarthenshire
- Website
- www.thesparklefoundationuk.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£131k£109k
- 2024£85k£87k
- 2023£51k£48k
Earlier years
- 2022£75k£75k
- 2021£64k£63k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 40%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES INCLUDING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT
Grants received
23 grants · £178,000 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
- Cornwall Community Foundation · £70,000 (16 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £66,000 (4 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £30,000
- Allen Lane Foundation · £7,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Leigh Yates Chair since 2020
- David James Wyer since 2022
- Dottie Dot Cornish since 2020
- Nick Dow since 2022
- Robert Donovan since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Leigh Yates Chair since 2020
- Dottie Dot Cornish since 2020
- Robert Donovan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- David James Wyer since 2022
- Dottie Dot Cornish since 2020
- Robert Donovan since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Leigh Yates Chair since 2020
- Nick Dow since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1192213
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Nov 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07824997674 · info@thesparklefoundationuk.co.uk
- 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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