Our governance
Sport Cheshire is the trading name of Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership Trust Limited, a company limited by guarantee (company no. 2401068) and a registered charity (charity no. 701764).
The intention of our enterprise is to provide community benefit. Our charitable limited company structure enables us to in parallel confer many of the advantages commonly associated with a limited company; i.e. improved efficiency, greater flexibility and wider income generation opportunities.
We are governed by an independent Board of Directors who are guided by articles of association, which regulate the affairs of the company. The objects of the Company shall be:
(a) in the interests of social welfare, to provide or assist in the provision of opportunities for the benefit of the inhabitants of the County of Cheshire for physical and athletic recreation or other leisure-time physical and athletic activity, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants;
(b) 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 Company;
(c) 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 Company may in the interests of social welfare:-
(d) provide or assist in the provision of sporting opportunities for disabled people so as to relieve or alleviate their conditions;
(e) 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;
(f) develop or assist in the development of the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities within the County of Cheshire in such way 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;
(g) 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;
In addition, there are a range of powers exercisable in furtherance of its said objects, which are listed in the charity's articles.
