Registered charity · Gloucester
Podsmead Community Association
Podsmead Community Association is a registered charity (number 279130) based in Gloucester, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Nicky Young since 2011. Latest income £43k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £43k (2025)
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, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.podsmeadcommunityassociation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£43k£33k
- 2024£42k£43k
- 2023£29k£28k
Earlier years
- 2022£27k£21k
- 2021£36k£27k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA BORDERED BY COLE AVENUE, STROUD ROAD AND BRISTOL ROAD NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Nicky Young Chair since 2011
- Ben Dance since 2023
- Jessica Vera Dyer since 2020
- Marcus Ridler since 2011
- Paul Young since 2020
- Penny Ann Ridler since 2020
- Susan Jane Cole since 2023
- Vivien Lane since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicky Young Chair since 2011
- Jessica Vera Dyer since 2020
- Marcus Ridler since 2011
- Paul Young since 2020
- Penny Ann Ridler since 2020
- Vivien Lane since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Nicky Young Chair since 2011
- Ben Dance since 2023
- Jessica Vera Dyer since 2020
- Marcus Ridler since 2011
- Paul Young since 2020
- Penny Ann Ridler since 2020
- Susan Jane Cole since 2023
- Vivien Lane since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 279130
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED ON 03/12/1979AS AMENDED ON 23/07/1997
- Contact on the register
- 01452528300 · podsmeadcommunityassociation@gmail.com
- 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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