BIG Issue North Trust LTD

Registered charity 1056041 Registered since 1996

Operates: Manchester City, Liverpool City, Sheffield City, Leeds City

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Caroline Price Chair since 2026
Edna Robinson since 2012
FAY Selvan
Humza Khan since 2025
Michael Naraynsingh since 2023
Obehi Alofoje since 2025

3.8y median 1y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Edna Robinson since 2012

10.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (6)

Caroline Price Chair since 2026
Edna Robinson since 2012
FAY Selvan
Humza Khan since 2025
Michael Naraynsingh since 2023
Obehi Alofoje since 2025

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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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.

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.

Related organisations

Big Life Services 5 shared trustees
Self Help Services 3 shared trustees

Also active in the same field

Bath and North East Somerset Carers Centre Similar size; both Other purposes
Southside Family Project Similar size; both Other purposes
The Manna House (Tamworth) CO Similar size; both Other purposes
Jamyang Buddhist Centre Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.bigissuenorth.com
Email	fundraising@bigissueinthenorth.com
Phone	0161 848 2430
Address	Big Life Group, 339 Stretford Road, MANCHESTER, M15 4ZY

Finances

£809,890 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£710,834	£420,285
2022	£1,180,846	£1,115,746
2023	£1,020,045	£1,127,107
2024	£924,817	£1,042,252
2025	£809,890	£766,468

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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

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

Trustees (6)

6trustees

67median age

2aged 70+

Caroline Priceage band 65-69 Chair since 2026
Edna Robinsonage band 75-79 since 2012
FAY Selvanage band 65-69
Humza Khanage band 40-44 since 2025
Michael Naraynsinghage band 70-74 since 2023
Obehi Alofojeage band 45-49 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

BIG Issue North Trust LTD · 03164559 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/02/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Big Life Services 5 shared trustees
Self Help Services 3 shared trustees

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