Spadework Limited

Registered charity 291198 Registered since 1985

Operates: Kent

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Susan Mary Murray Chair since 2011
Hayley Brooks since 2021
James Michael Burke since 2014
Louise Mingay since 2024
Mary Louise Rimmer since 2018
Nadra Khanum Ahmed CBE since 2021
Rev Jim Brown since 2018
Tony Young since 2011

8.8y median 8y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Susan Mary Murray Chair since 2011
James Michael Burke since 2014
Mary Louise Rimmer since 2018
Rev Jim Brown since 2018
Tony Young since 2011

13.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Susan Mary Murray Chair since 2011
Hayley Brooks since 2021
James Michael Burke since 2014
Louise Mingay since 2024
Mary Louise Rimmer since 2018
Nadra Khanum Ahmed CBE since 2021
Rev Jim Brown since 2018
Tony Young since 2011

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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 8Retail and trade 8Health and social care 3

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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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£2.5m 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.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.0 in 2020

42 from 37 in 2020

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.

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

Canterbury Christ Church University 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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The MID-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.spadework.org.uk
Email	info@spadework.org.uk
Phone	01732870002
Address	Spadework Ltd, Teston Road, Offham, WEST MALLING, Kent, ME19 5NA

Finances

£2,525,059 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,384,841	£1,779,805
2021	£1,615,556	£1,628,193
2022	£1,737,085	£1,805,317
2023	£2,180,994	£2,049,194
2024	£2,525,059	£2,420,067

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO RAISE AND PROVIDE HELP ASSISTANCE FUNDS FACILITIES AND TRAINING FOR MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH MAY 1984

Trustees (8)

8trustees

68median age

3aged 70+

Susan Mary Murrayage band 75-79 Chair since 2011
Hayley Brooksage band 50-54 since 2021
James Michael Burkeage band 80-84 since 2014
Louise Mingayage band 50-54 since 2024
Mary Louise Rimmerage band 50-54 since 2018
Nadra Khanum Ahmed CBEage band 65-69 since 2021
Rev Jim Brown since 2018
Tony Young since 2011

Linked company (Companies House)

Spadework Limited · 01820460 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/05/1984

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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