Voluntary Sector North West
Registered charity 1081654 Registered since 2000
Operates: Throughout England
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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
- Sally Yeoman Chair since 2019
- Ben Whalley since 2025
- Circle Lai Yuen Steele since 2021
- Duncan Craig since 2025
- Gill Bainbridge since 2020
- Jeremy Garth Hodgkinson since 2023
- Margaret Young Cheshire since 2021
- Yakub Patel since 2023
3.9y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Sally Yeoman Chair since 2019
13.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Sally Yeoman Chair since 2019
- Ben Whalley since 2025
- Circle Lai Yuen Steele since 2021
- Duncan Craig since 2025
- Gill Bainbridge since 2020
- Margaret Young Cheshire since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Jeremy Garth Hodgkinson since 2023
- Yakub Patel since 2023
8
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 2Other 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 14Health and social care 6Arts and leisure 5
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.
incomespending£1.2m 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.
4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.1 in 2021
12 from 11 in 2023
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
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action 1 shared trustee
- Blackburn Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Darwen Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Care Network (Blackburn With Darwen) LTD 1 shared trustee
- Morecambe F.C. Community Sports 1 shared trustee
- Blackburn With Darwen Healthy Living 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.vsnw.org.uk |
| info@vsnw.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01612769300 |
| Address | VSNW, St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ |
Finances
£1,214,629 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £380,080 | £339,290 |
| 2022 | £434,740 | £389,448 |
| 2023 | £600,178 | £603,080 |
| 2024 | £1,328,240 | £1,192,595 |
| 2025 | £1,214,629 | £1,132,959 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
3 (A) (B) (C) FROM MEMORANDUM
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 MAY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 26 SEPTEMBER 2000 AND 29 NOVEMBER 2001
Trustees (8)
8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+
- Sally Yeomanage band 50-54 Chair since 2019
- Ben Whalleyage band 35-39 since 2025
- Circle Lai Yuen Steeleage band 60-64 since 2021
- Duncan Craigage band 50-54 since 2025
- Gill Bainbridgeage band 55-59 since 2020
- Jeremy Garth Hodgkinsonage band 55-59 since 2023
- Margaret Young Cheshireage band 60-64 since 2021
- Yakub Patelage band 45-49 since 2023
Linked company (Companies House)
Voluntary Sector North West · 03988903 · Active
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/05/2000
4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (8)
- Blackburn With Darwen Healthy Living 1 shared trustee
- Care Network (Blackburn With Darwen) LTD 1 shared trustee
- Lancashire Association of Councils for Voluntary Service 1 shared trustee
- Blackburn Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Darwen Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Morecambe F.C. Community Sports 1 shared trustee
- Lancaster District Young People's Foundation 1 shared trustee
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action 1 shared trustee
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