Registered charity · Cheshire
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
- Adam Michael SullivanTrustee · since 2023
- Deborah Louise WatsonTrustee · since 2025
- Elaine ANN SmithiesTrustee · since 2025
- Eleanor Anne UnderhillTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan BettsTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel WatermanTrustee · since 2019
- Robert BurchellTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen Law-LyonsTrustee · since 2022
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 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
- Sport England · £10,112,068 (49 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £13,995 (2 grants)
- Westminster Foundation · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
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
- Adam Michael Sullivan since 2023
- Deborah Louise Watson since 2025
- Elaine ANN Smithies since 2025
- Eleanor Anne Underhill since 2023
- Jonathan Betts since 2024
- Rachel Waterman since 2019
- Robert Burchell since 2025
- Stephen Law-Lyons since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Rachel Waterman since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Adam Michael Sullivan since 2023
- Deborah Louise Watson since 2025
- Eleanor Anne Underhill since 2023
- Rachel Waterman since 2019
- Robert Burchell since 2025
- Stephen Law-Lyons since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Elaine ANN Smithies since 2025
- Jonathan Betts since 2024
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2021
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
- 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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