The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Scope

Registered charity 208231 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

14 trustees on the board

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (4)

13
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 14General Charitable Purposes 14Disability 11Accommodation/housing 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 13Business services 2Finance 2

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£44.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.7 in 2021

817 from 723 in 2021
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.
2%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.scope.org.uk
Emailcosec3@scope.org.uk
Phone02076197308
AddressSCOPE, 2nd Floor, Here East, Press Centre, 14 East Bay Lane, LONDON

Finances

£44,041,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£34,121,000£36,322,000
2022£44,165,000£45,118,000
2023£44,057,000£51,985,000
2024£47,171,000£48,739,000
2025£44,041,000£52,926,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, INDEPENDENCE, AND HEALTH OF DISABLED PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/06/1953AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/02/1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/11/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/11/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/11/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/02/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 NOV 2016 as amended on 23 May 2024

Trustees (14)

14trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Scope · 00520866 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/06/1953

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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