Wigan Link

Registered charity 1042791 Registered since 1994

Operates: Wigan, 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.

5 trustees on the board

5.3y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Paul James Mcdonald since 2018

13.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5

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 5

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£3.2m 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

97 from 100 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.

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

British Orthopaedic Association Similar size; both Disability
The Royal Association for Deaf People Similar size; both Disability
Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales Similar size; both Disability
East Surrey Rural Transport Partnership Similar size; both Disability
Dover Sholem Community Trust Similar size; both Disability
Horatio's Garden Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.wiganlink.co.uk
Email	marysia-welch@hotmail.co.uk
Phone	01942597237
Address	WIGAN LINK, Office Bay Ltd, Unity House, Westwood Park Drive, WIGAN, WN3 4HE

Finances

£3,222,139 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,678,191	£2,717,479
2022	£2,794,965	£2,748,050
2023	£2,913,283	£2,941,397
2024	£2,893,737	£2,962,610
2025	£3,222,139	£3,146,183

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULITIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 FEBRUARY 1994

Trustees (5)

5trustees

71median age

4aged 70+

Eileen Foxage band 70-74 since 2021
Jeffrey Dunlopage band 70-74 since 2023
Nigel Robinsonage band 80-84
Paul James Mcdonaldage band 60-64 since 2018
Robert Shortage band 70-74

Linked company (Companies House)

Wigan Link · 02894707 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/02/1994

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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