Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
BAT for A Chance
- 10 trustees
- Income £376k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Melvyn Stanley James SimsChair · since 2026
- Daniel ImisonTrustee · since 2024
- David John HaleTrustee · since 2026
- Ebba QureshiTrustee · since 2021
- Gordon LeeTrustee · since 2021
- Jamieson LoweTrustee · since 2024
- Leigh BurnsTrustee · since 2024
- Michael WebbTrustee · since 2024
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- Nicola Claire GaffneyTrustee · since 2021
- Omar KhanTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- The Utley Family Charitable Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Barbados, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and more
- Website
- www.batforachance.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£376k£277k
- 2024£68k£42k
- 2023£67k£44k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE AMATEUR SPORT OF CRICKET, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEW AND USED CRICKET EQUIPMENT TO FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO MAY OTHERWISE NOT AFFORD TO DUE TO POVERTY, OTHER FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Melvyn Stanley James Sims Chair since 2026
- Daniel Imison since 2024
- David John Hale since 2026
- Ebba Qureshi since 2021
- Gordon Lee since 2021
- Jamieson Lowe since 2024
- Leigh Burns since 2024
- Michael Webb since 2024
- Nicola Claire Gaffney since 2021
- Omar Khan since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Daniel Imison since 2024
- David John Hale since 2026
- Ebba Qureshi since 2021
- Gordon Lee since 2021
- Jamieson Lowe since 2024
- Leigh Burns since 2024
- Michael Webb since 2024
- Nicola Claire Gaffney since 2021
- Omar Khan since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Melvyn Stanley James Sims Chair since 2026
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.
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
- 1200484
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Sep 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07850561981 · nicky@batforachance.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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