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Registered charity · Lancashire

The Prospects Foundation

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £358k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.prospectsfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Prospects Foundation
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£358k£460k
  • 2024£487k£445k
  • 2023£387k£351k
Earlier years
  • 2022£366k£295k
  • 2021£392k£277k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN HYNDBURN SUCH MANNER AS MAY BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE FOREGOING:- A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING: A1) THE CONSERVATION OF FLORA, FAUNA AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN HYNDBURN GENERALLY;A2) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AROUND LOCAL AND GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND BIODIVERSITY;A3) THE PROMOTION OF RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT. B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING: B1) THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS, QUALITIES AND LIFE PROSPECTS FOR RESIDENTS OF HYNDBURN;B2) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING IN PURSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES;B3) THE PROMOTION OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN HYNDBURN, IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Grants received

15 grants · £630,019 total

360Giving 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 · £280,905 (8 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £184,400 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £109,912 (2 grants)
  • Power to Change Trust · £40,512
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £13,290

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £13,2902021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,4122021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £82,5002021-06-21
  • Power to Change Trust £40,5122020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002019-07-18
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.

5y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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.

Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 10Arts and leisure 3Agriculture 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£487k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1076541
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 DECEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 20 SEPTEMBER 2006 AND 21 JULY 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 JUN 2016
Companies House
Company number 03686719 · Active
Contact on the register
01254230348 · info@prospectsfoundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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