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Registered charity (CIO) · Hampshire

The Patch Foundation CIO

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £4.3m (2024)

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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Where
Portsmouth City
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£4.3m£1.2m
  • 2023£2.7m£1.1m
  • 2022£3.6m£1.1m

Income trend, 2022 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AMATEUR SPORTS;THE PROMOTION OF ART AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS; ANDTHE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE 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 OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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.

3 trustees on the board

3.3y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3General Charitable Purposes 3Recreation 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 3 years.
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

67.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.1 in 2022

39 from 35 in 2022
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
1196435
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Nov 2021 as amended on 28 Aug 2025
Contact on the register
02392816760 · info@patchfoundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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