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Registered charity · Manchester

BIG Issue North Trust LTD

BIG Issue North Trust LTD is a registered charity (number 1056041) based in Manchester, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Caroline Price since 2026. Latest income £810k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £810k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Manchester City, Liverpool City, Sheffield City, Leeds City
Website
www.bigissuenorth.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
BIG Issue North Trust LTD
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£810k£766k
  • 2024£925k£1.0m
  • 2023£1.0m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2021£711k£420k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS VENDORS OF THE PUBLICATION "THE BIG ISSUE" IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR,BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING,BY MEANS OF THE PROMOTION,ADVANCEMENT AND PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT; 2)THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN GENERAL;AND 3)THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Grants received

7 grants · £66,300 total

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Board analysis

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.

6 trustees on the board

3.8y median 1y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

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 21Other services 2Professional services 2

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£810k 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.

5.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 12.0 in 2021

15 from 6 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.
4%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1056041
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/02/1996AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/08/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/01/2016
Companies House
Company number 03164559 · Active
Contact on the register
0161 848 2430 · fundraising@bigissueinthenorth.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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