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Registered charity · Basildon

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Share is a registered charity (number 279083) based in Basildon, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Paul Westenhofer. Latest income £805k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £805k (2024)
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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
Disability
Where
Essex, Southend-on-sea
Website
www.sharerespite.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£805k£622k
  • 2023£513k£495k
  • 2022£426k£363k
Earlier years
  • 2021£301k£210k
  • 2020£245k£186k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 60% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ANY PERSON, IRRELEVANT OF AGE, WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES WITHIN ESSEX TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM, CONFIDENCE AND SOCIAL SKILLS THROUGH A VARIETY OF METHODS INCLUDING CREATIVE LEARNING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

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

8.7y median 11y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£805k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.3 in 2020

33 from 46 in 2023
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.
63%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
279083
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 OCTOBER 1979 AS AMENDED 16 DECEMBER 2007 AND 30 JUNE 2008
Contact on the register
01268521691 · michellewestenhofer@googlemail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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