The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Friends of Smithills Hall

Registered charity 1038507 Registered since 1994

Operates: Bolton, Lancashire

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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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£5k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendsofsmithillshall.co.uk
Emailenquiries@friendsofsmithillshall.co.uk
Phone01204338722
AddressSMITHILLS HALL, SMITHILLS DEAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 7NP

Finances

£4,757 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£595£385
2022£1,559£1,546
2023£2,712£1,748
2024£3,409£4,346
2025£4,757£4,833

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SMITHILLS HALL BEING A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BOLTON AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 MAY 1994 AS AMENDED 31 MARCH 2001

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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