# LAUNCHPOINT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1089009
- **Other names:** CAROLINE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Oct. 23, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1089009


## Contact

- **Address:** British Gliding Association, 8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE19 1RJ
- **Phone:** 01162 892956
- **Email:** lizzie@gliding.co.uk
- **Website:** https://members.gliding.co.uk/launchpoint/



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1 THE TRUSTEES WILL HOLD THE TRUST FUNDS AND INCOME ON TRUST AND APPLY THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:-  2.1.1 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES TO EXPERIENCE GLIDING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, THE YOUNG AND THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR OTHER DISADVANTAGES,  2.1.2 ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING PARTICIPANTS AT ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT TO STRETCH THEIR CAPABILITIES AND EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS IN THE SPORT,  2.1.3 PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SERVICE FOR OTHER CHARITIES WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS.

**Activities:** We make grants to youngsters, women and the disabled to help them experience gliding and make grants to assist established participants achieve excellence in the sport .

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £23396 | £5756 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £9107 | £7366 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £9502 | £7658 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £4495 | £6987 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £6076 | £2131 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **George Charles Metcalfe** (Chair) — appointed March 8, 2016
- Andrew Richmond Hawton — appointed April 20, 2017
- Fiona Jane Aldred — appointed March 14, 2023
- James Steven Moore — appointed April 4, 2024
- Jeremy Kenneth George Pack — appointed Oct. 29, 2019
- Julian Richard Bane — appointed March 14, 2023
- Lizzie Pike — appointed March 16, 2015
- PETER BOSWELL GRAY — appointed Oct. 31, 2001
- PETER BOSWELL GRAY — appointed Aug. 9, 2001
- PETER JAMES STRATTEN — appointed March 4, 2013