The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Makers of Playing Cards Charity

Registered charity 232876 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And 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.

11 trustees on the board

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

5
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 11Disability 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Business services 2Other services 2Professional services 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£113k 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.makersofplayingcards.org
Emailcharitysecretary@makersofplayingcards.co.uk
Phone07833 134581
Address35 Ascot Way, BICESTER, OX26 1AG

Finances

£112,707 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£88,521£94,527
2022£103,917£89,159
2023£116,912£111,307
2024£142,800£118,978
2025£112,707£150,693

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OR EDUCATION OF ANY PERSON OF EITHER SEX WHO IS OR HAS BEEN AT ANY TIME IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PLAYING CARDS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS IN POOR AND NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AS DIRECTED BY THE MASTER WARDENS AND COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS. IF AND IN SO FAR AS INCOME IS NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE THE SAME MAY BE APPLIED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING; 1) FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED 2) IN ASSISTING PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS OR BY PAYING FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, OR BY OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR ENABLE THEM, TO EARN THEIR LIVING; 3) IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 25 OCT 1943AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20 APR 1978AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 18 JUL 2006AS AMENDED ON 16 OCT 2006AS AMENDED ON 10 OCT 2016

Trustees (11)

11trustees
70median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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