The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Wigan and Leigh Churches Association for Family Welfare

Registered charity 1076830 Registered since 1999

Operates: Wigan, Salford City, Lancashire, Warrington, Bolton, Bury, Liverpool City, Manchester City, St Helens, Trafford

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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.

7 trustees on the board

6.8y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Education/training 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 3Health and social care 3

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  • 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.

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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.
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.1m 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.

4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.6 in 2020

28 from 24 in 2020
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

Websitewww.familywelfare.co.uk
Emailadmin@familywelfare.co.uk
Phone01942867888
AddressLeigh Adult Learning College, Walmsley Road, Leigh, Greater Manchester, WN7 1XL

Finances

£1,105,988 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£771,525£728,060
2021£831,390£754,229
2023£1,355,165£1,130,196
2024£1,010,397£1,000,078
2025£1,105,988£1,065,000

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF FAMILIES IN THE WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH AREA AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL HELP AND OTHER RESOURCES WHICH INCLUDE, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MAY 1999AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 JUL 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wigan and Leigh Churches Association for Family Welfare · 03773810 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/05/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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