Voluntary Sector North West

Registered charity 1081654 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

13.5y

average years in governance

6 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 2Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience

Other services 14Health and social care 6Arts and leisure 5

Boards that share trustees

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action 1 shared trustee
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
Morecambe F.C. Community Sports 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

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

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.vsnw.org.uk
Email	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 Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable 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 53 Chair since 2019
Ben Whalleyage 39 since 2025
Circle Lai Yuen Steeleage 61 since 2021
Duncan Craigage 50 since 2025
Gill Bainbridgeage 57 since 2020
Jeremy Garth Hodgkinsonage 55 since 2023
Margaret Young Cheshireage 64 since 2021
Yakub Patelage 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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