The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Making Sense CIO

Registered charity 1204179 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Throughout Wales

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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.

Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Disability 5Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Health and social care 4Business services 1Other services 1

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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£104k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.makingsensecio.co.uk
Emailtickylowe@makingsensecio.co.uk
Phone07717756385
Addressunit 3, Crown House, 11 Well Street, RUTHIN, Denbighshire

Finances

£104,438 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£142,561£57,805
2025£104,438£155,775

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND MATERIALS FOR CARE STAFF TO ENABLE THEM TO LEAD SENSORY ART SESSIONS, AND SUPPORT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE CREATIVE ARTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: YOUTH, OLD AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Aug 2023

Trustees (6)

6trustees
76median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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