Springboard Sunderland Trust

Registered charity 519650 Registered since 1987

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4 trustees on the board

John Colin Wilson Chair since 2015
Denise Wilson since 2017
Graham Burt since 2019
Jonathan Nicholson since 2014

9.8y median 10y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

John Colin Wilson Chair since 2015
Denise Wilson since 2017
Graham Burt since 2019
Jonathan Nicholson since 2014

20y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Graham Burt since 2019
Jonathan Nicholson since 2014

Portfolio (2)

John Colin Wilson Chair since 2015
Denise Wilson since 2017

company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 4Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 6Arts and leisure 4Other services 2

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£3.4m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

95 from 82 in 2021

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.

92%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Sunderland Carers' Centre 1 shared trustee
North East Learning Provider Network Limited 1 shared trustee
Hylton Castle Trust 1 shared trustee
The Cultural Spring 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Morgan Stanley International Foundation Similar size; both Community development
The Egerton Road Trust Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.springboard-ne.org.uk
Email	info@springboard-ne.org
Phone	0300 0037073
Address	Springboard, Unit 1-2, East Way, Rivergreen Industrial Estate, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6AD

Finances

£3,418,484 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,254,098	£3,322,423
2022	£2,916,166	£3,130,333
2023	£2,762,919	£2,914,197
2024	£3,441,614	£3,256,264
2025	£3,418,484	£3,845,244

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; AND 3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) OF PERSONS WHO, DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHERWISE, ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/04/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/12/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/07/2014

Trustees (4)

4trustees

70median age

2aged 70+

John Colin Wilsonage band 70-74 Chair since 2015
Denise Wilsonage band 70-74 since 2017
Graham Burtage band 65-69 since 2019
Jonathan Nicholsonage band 65-69 since 2014

Linked company (Companies House)

Springboard Sunderland Trust · 02121694 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/04/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

North East Learning Provider Network Limited 1 shared trustee
The Cultural Spring 1 shared trustee
Sunderland Carers' Centre 1 shared trustee
Hylton Castle Trust 1 shared trustee

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