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Active Cheshire

Active Cheshire is a registered charity (number 701764) based in Cheshire, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £831k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Sport Cheshire (Charity Commission)

5.1 To provide or assist in the provision of opportunities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Warrington, Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester for physical and athletic recreation or other leisure-time and athletic activity, with the...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £831k (2025)

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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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport and 2 more
Where
Cheshire East, Warrington, Cheshire West & Chester
Website
www.activecheshire.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Active Cheshire
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£831k£835k
  • 2024£1.1m£885k
  • 2023£775k£768k
Earlier years
  • 2022£876k£887k
  • 2021£646k£753k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 92%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

5.1 To provide or assist in the provision of opportunities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Warrington, Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester for physical and athletic recreation or other leisure-time and athletic activity, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants;5.2 To relieve the need, hardship and distress of such inhabitants in conditions of need, hardship and distress by providing financial or other assistance so enabling them to participate in the opportunities provided by the Charity;5.3 To disseminate or assist in the dissemination of information encouraging such inhabitants to participate in physical recreation (including sport) so as to promote their health and well-being, and in pursuance of the two first-mentioned main objects, but not otherwise, the Charity may in the interests of social welfare:5.3.1 Provide or assist in the provision of sporting opportunities for disabled people so as to relieve or alleviate their conditions;5.3.2 Provide or assist in the provision of sporting facilities for young persons aged under 25 years of age so as to secure or advance their physical education and training and enhance their education generally;5.3.3 Develop or assist in the development of the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities within Warrington, Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester in such ways that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs in regard to physical and athletic recreation or other leisure-time physical and athletic activity, so improving their conditions of life;5.3.4 Provide and assist in the provision of opportunities for physical and athletic recreation or other leisure-time physical activity for older people, so as to promote their health and well-being.

Grants received

53 grants · £10,146,063 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.

8 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7General Charitable Purposes 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 9Business services 2Other services 2

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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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£831k 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.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2021

11 from 10 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
701764
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/07/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/01/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/03/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/03/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/07/2014 as amended on 29 Oct 2020 as amended on 26 Nov 2020 as amended on 04 Dec 2020 as amended on 01 Dec 2023
Companies House
Company number 02401068 · Active
Contact on the register
01606330212
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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