The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Backup North West

Registered charity 1064698 Registered since 1997

Operates: Bolton

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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.

10 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 9Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 10Education 4Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£3.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021

82 from 71 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://backup-charity.org.uk/
Emailbusinesssupport@backup-charity.org.uk
Phone01204520183
AddressBRIDGEMAN HOUSE, 77 BRIDGEMAN STREET, BOLTON, BL3 6BY

Finances

£3,611,832 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,513,650£2,343,012
2022£2,590,645£2,781,672
2023£3,250,502£3,213,885
2024£3,497,687£3,203,612
2025£3,611,832£3,436,414

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JULY 1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 MAR 2018

Trustees (10)

10trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Backup Northwest · 03399617 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/07/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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