Registered charity · Lancaster
The Friendship Centre
- 5 trustees
- Income £24k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.thefriendshipcentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£24k£20k
- 2025£21k£17k
- 2024£21k£17k
Earlier years
- 2023£18k£16k
- 2022£6k£6k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE (AGED 55 AND OVER) WITHIN LANCASTER AND DISTRICT. IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL CONTACT, EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION AIMED AT REDUCING ISOLATION AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER PEOPLE (AGED 55 AND OVER) IN LANCASTER DISTRICT.
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 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 · £5,000
Most recent
- 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Roger Frankland Chair since 2014
- Angela Rosemary Lord since 2025
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2011
- Michael Pearce since 2013
- Simon Banks Lyon since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Roger Frankland Chair since 2014
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2011
- Michael Pearce since 2013
- Simon Banks Lyon since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Angela Rosemary Lord since 2025
- Michael Pearce since 2013
- Simon Banks Lyon since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Roger Frankland Chair since 2014
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1087845
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/03/2001AS AMENDED ON 15/06/2001AS AMENDED ON 07/07/2010AS AMENDED ON 08/07/2011
- Contact on the register
- 07821 328342 · thefriendshipcentre@gmx.com
- 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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