Registered charity · Bolton
Backup North West
Backup North West is a registered charity (number 1064698) based in Bolton, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Lesley Gail Hounslea since 2019. Latest income £3.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £3.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
1 contract · £1,443,000 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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TC052 - Social Inclusion Services
The tender is for Bolton Council to commission a Young Person's Accommodation Based Support Service to provide emergency, as well as supported accommodation to homeless and vulnerable young persons, aged 16 to 25. The young people are r…
About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Bolton
- Website
- backup-charity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Backup Northwest
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£3.4m
- 2024£3.5m£3.2m
- 2023£3.3m£3.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.6m£2.8m
- 2021£2.5m£2.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOLTON AREA, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE SINGLE YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT SETTLED HOUSING ACCOMMODATION (THE CLIENT GROUP) WITH SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION AND TO HELP EDUCATE AND COUNSEL SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THESE CONDITIONS; AND2.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVENTION AND EFFECTS OF HIV AND AIDS
Grants received
13 grants · £1,478,373 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,055,223 (6 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £330,000 (3 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £36,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £20,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Lesley Gail Hounslea Chair since 2019
- Dr Stephen Howard Sharples since 2013
- Joan Wyatt since 2018
- Kevin Charles Monk since 2026
- Lisa Tulip since 2018
- Maggie Bruce since 2019
- Paul Justin Pritchard since 2022
- Tracy Amanda Boylin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Lesley Gail Hounslea Chair since 2019
- Dr Stephen Howard Sharples since 2013
- Joan Wyatt since 2018
- Lisa Tulip since 2018
- Maggie Bruce since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Stephen Howard Sharples since 2013
- Joan Wyatt since 2018
- Kevin Charles Monk since 2026
- Lisa Tulip since 2018
- Maggie Bruce since 2019
- Paul Justin Pritchard since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Lesley Gail Hounslea Chair since 2019
- Tracy Amanda Boylin since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064698
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JULY 1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 MAR 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 03399617 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01204520183 · businesssupport@backup-charity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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