Whitechapel Centre

Registered charity 1013060 Registered since 1992

Operates: Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Halton

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Valerie Metcalf Chair
Alice Brown since 2017
Brother Ken Vance since 2023
Dr Ryan Young since 2022
Katherine Sheerin since 2023
Margaret Woods since 2017
Steve Collett since 2016
Susan Thomas since 2017

6.7y median 9y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Alice Brown since 2017
Margaret Woods since 2017
Steve Collett since 2016
Susan Thomas since 2017

9.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Valerie Metcalf Chair
Alice Brown since 2017
Brother Ken Vance since 2023
Dr Ryan Young since 2022
Katherine Sheerin since 2023
Margaret Woods since 2017
Steve Collett since 2016
Susan Thomas 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.

Accommodation/housing 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Education 1

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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£9.8m 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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

193 from 148 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.

87%

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.

Also active in the same field

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Broadening Choices for Older People Similar size; both Housing
Ymca East Surrey Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk
Email	info@whitechapelcentre.co.uk
Phone	01512077617
Address	LANGSDALE STREET, EVERTON, LIVERPOOL, L3 8DT

Finances

£9,849,351 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£6,155,329	£6,067,449
2022	£5,712,920	£5,533,614
2023	£6,759,679	£6,647,024
2024	£8,568,050	£8,609,438
2025	£9,849,351	£9,488,600

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS ENVIRONS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR HEALTH, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JUNE 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 4 AUGUST 1992

Trustees (8)

8trustees

70median age

4aged 70+

Valerie Metcalfage band 70-74 Chair
Alice Brownage band 75-79 since 2017
Brother Ken Vance since 2023
Dr Ryan Youngage band 35-39 since 2022
Katherine Sheerinage band 55-59 since 2023
Margaret Woodsage band 65-69 since 2017
Steve Collett since 2016
Susan Thomasage band 75-79 since 2017

Linked company (Companies House)

The Whitechapel Centre · 02623071 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/06/1991

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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