Embrace Wigan & Leigh

Registered charity 1082663 Registered since 2000

Operates: Wigan, Lancashire, Sheffield City

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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.

6 trustees on the board

3y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Sheila Marie Robinson since 2018

8.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Health and social care 5Education 1Professional services 1

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£783k latest income

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.

8.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 12.4 in 2021

27 from 23 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.

73%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Also active in the same field

Headway Essex Similar size; both Disability
Hillingdon Mind Similar size; both Disability
Wakefield and District Carers Association Similar size; both Disability
Brent Carers Centre Similar size; both Disability
The Friendly Trust Similar size; both Disability
Crossroads Care North West Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.embracewiganandleigh.org.uk
Email	embrace@embracewiganandleigh.org.uk
Phone	01942233323
Address	Embrace Wigan & Leigh, 81 Ribble Road, Platt Bridge, WIGAN, Lancashire, WN2 5EG

Finances

£782,886 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£586,487	£493,685
2022	£502,838	£529,188
2023	£570,548	£554,250
2024	£727,118	£681,132
2025	£782,886	£800,937

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit: • The relief of those in need because of disability or physical or mental ill-health, including (but not limited to) by the provision of support, advice and information to persons experiencing disability or ill-health and their families and carers; and• The promotion of social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ includes being excluded from society, or parts of society, because of one of more of the following factors: disability, old age, ill health (physical or mental), financial hardship, discrimination or relationship or family breakdown.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 FEBRUARY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 JUNE 2000.CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 MARCH 2006. as amended on 29 Jul 2022 null as amended on 13 Mar 2023

Trustees (6)

6trustees

63median age

0aged 70+

Joanne Barrowage band 60-64 Chair
Barend Philip Anthonage band 65-69 since 2024
Martin John Mellorage band 60-64 since 2025
Michael Charles Hassall since 2022
Sheila Marie Robinsonage band 65-69 since 2018
Tiffany Parsonsage band 30-34 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Embrace Wigan & Leigh · 03936727 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/02/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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