Registered charity · Manchester
Benchill Community Centre
Benchill Community Centre is a registered charity (number 1087821) based in Manchester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Fred Leatherbarrow since 2023. Latest income £369k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £369k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Sarah Helen Woolley.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.benchillcommunitycentre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£369k£278k
- 2024£325k£250k
- 2023£221k£144k
Earlier years
- 2022£181k£262k
- 2021£196k£237k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF THE BENCHILL WARD OF THE MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY BRINGING TOGETHER RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE, LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.2. TO PROVIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE) AND TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE CENTRE WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.
Grants received
10 grants · £1,528,001 total360Giving 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 · £1,513,376 (6 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £11,625
- The Leathersellers' Foundation · £1,000
- Macc · £1,000
- Forever Manchester · £1,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Fred Leatherbarrow Chair since 2023
- David Peter O'Hara since 2015
- Joy Hampson since 2025
- Sarah Helen Woolley
Trustees past 6 years
- David Peter O'Hara since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Fred Leatherbarrow Chair since 2023
- David Peter O'Hara since 2015
- Joy Hampson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1087821
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 MARCH 1999 AS AMENDED 3 OCTOBER 2000
- Contact on the register
- 01619469520 · bcc@wchg.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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