Registered charity (CIO) · Stourbridge
Discoveru
Discoveru is a registered charity (number 1197061) based in Stourbridge, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Steven Smith since 2016. Latest income £458k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Discover U (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £458k (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
- Disability, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Dudley
- Website
- discoveru2015.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£458k£496k
- 2023£445k£439k
- 2022£393k£393k
Income trend, 2022 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE TO ADULTS WITH SOME LEVEL OF LEARNING DISABILITY OR OTHERS SIMILARLY DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY;1) PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; AND2) BY HELPING TO FIND WORK PLACEMENTS AND WHERE POSSIBLE PAID WORK FOR SAID PEOPLENOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]
Grants received
1 grant · £1,500 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 · £1,500
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
- Steven Smith Chair since 2016
- David Reynolds since 2020
- Kathleen Jenkins since 2019
- Stephen Mills since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Steven Smith Chair since 2016
- David Reynolds since 2020
- Kathleen Jenkins since 2019
- Stephen Mills since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Steven Smith Chair since 2016
- David Reynolds since 2020
- Kathleen Jenkins since 2019
- Stephen Mills since 2019
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.
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
- 1197061
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Dec 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07942747062 · manager@discoveru2015.org
- 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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