Registered charity · Leamington Spa
The Friendship Project
- 9 trustees
- Income £108k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- MRS Cheryll RawboneChair · since 1986
- Ashima Rani ChanderTrustee · since 2022
- Cheryl Stephanie Jackson TreasurerTrustee · since 2026
- Esther JonesTrustee · since 2019
- Mary KeaneTrustee · since 2026
- Mr Chris Buck Webmaster and ITTrustee
- Nishi MehtaTrustee · since 2023
- Rachel Hodge Hon SecTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Mark BarrettTrustee · since 2017
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, Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Coventry City, Warwickshire
- Website
- www.friendshipproject.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£108k£91k
- 2024£96k£95k
- 2023£78k£93k
Earlier years
- 2022£68k£78k
- 2021£63k£60k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF CHILDREN PARTICULARLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 16 YEARS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED OF DEVELOPING SOCIAL SKILLS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE PROJECT THINKS FIT INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION OF CONTACTS BETWEEN SUCH CHILDREN AND RELIABLE OLDER PERSONS ABLE TO HELP THEM DEVELOP SUCH SKILLS.
Grants received
9 grants · £73,507 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,209 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £18,098 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £7,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £5,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- MRS Cheryll Rawbone Chair since 1986
- Ashima Rani Chander since 2022
- Cheryl Stephanie Jackson Treasurer since 2026
- Esther Jones since 2019
- Mary Keane since 2026
- Mr Chris Buck Webmaster and IT
- Nishi Mehta since 2023
- Richard Mark Barrett since 2017
- Rachel Hodge Hon Sec since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- MRS Cheryll Rawbone Chair since 1986
- Esther Jones since 2019
- Richard Mark Barrett since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Ashima Rani Chander since 2022
- Cheryl Stephanie Jackson Treasurer since 2026
- Esther Jones since 2019
- Mary Keane since 2026
- Mr Chris Buck Webmaster and IT
- Nishi Mehta since 2023
- Rachel Hodge Hon Sec since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- MRS Cheryll Rawbone Chair since 1986
- Richard Mark Barrett since 2017
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.
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
- 517684
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12/05/1986AS AMENDED ON 07/09/1993AS AMENDED ON 06/03/1995AS AMENDED ON 11/05/2005
- Contact on the register
- 01926332179 · cheryll.rawbone@friendshipproject.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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