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Registered charity · Kent

The Meapa

The Meapa is a registered charity (number 286732) based in Kent, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Paul Priestley since 2024. Latest income £1.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as The Meapa (Property Trust) (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)
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About

What it does
Amateur Sport
Where
Kent
Website
www.themeapa.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£1.3m
  • 2024£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£890k£998k
  • 2021£496k£632k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ORGANISE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF A FACILITY WHICH WILL ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN GYMNASTICS, ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS.

Grants received

2 grants · £17,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

6 trustees on the board

1.3y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 6

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.4m latest income
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.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.6 in 2021

28 from 17 in 2022
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
286732
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 31ST MARCH 1983. AMENDED 6TH SEPTEMBER 1993, AMENDED 6TH SEPTEMBER 1995,AMENDED 10TH JANUARY 1996, AMENDED 4TH SEPTEMBER 2000, AMENDED 20TH FEB 2003, AMENDED 29TH MAY 2003. as amended on 22 Nov 2023
Contact on the register
01474 333299 · lydia@meapa.onmicrosoft.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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