Registered charity (CIO) · Beechmead
Fair Start
- 4 trustees
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
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.fairstart.charity (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENGLAND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, GIVING PRIORITY TO SCHOOL PUPILS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:• FURNISHING, STOCKING, DECORATING AND SETTING UP LIBRARIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS;• HELPING SCHOOLS TO INSTALL LIBRARY SYSTEMS, RECRUIT PARENT VOLUNTEERS TO RUN THE LIBRARY, TRAINING AND HELPING THEM TO MAXIMISE THE USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LIBRARY THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS, PROMOTIONS AND SHARING BEST PRACTICE;• RUNNING A MOBILE LIBRARY WHERE SPACE OR PRACTICALITY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A PERMANENT LIBRARY SPACE.
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
- David Edward Charles Cope Chair since 2025
- Benedicta Mary Louise Holmes since 2025
- Maria del Carmen Palmer since 2025
- Stephanie Cox since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- David Edward Charles Cope Chair since 2025
- Benedicta Mary Louise Holmes since 2025
- Maria del Carmen Palmer since 2025
- Stephanie Cox since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1214138
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jul 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07710550471 · david.cope@mghts.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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