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Registered charity · Bolton

Birtenshaw

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £28m (2025)
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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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Bolton
Website
www.birtenshaw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Birtenshaw
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£28m£24m
  • 2024£23m£22m
  • 2023£20m£18m
Earlier years
  • 2022£19m£16m
  • 2021£18m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 97% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITIES AND WITH ASSOCIATED SPECIAL NEEDS.2. TO PROVIDE ONE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITIES AND WITH ASSOCIATED SPECIAL NEEDS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Grants received

7 grants · £94,415 total

360Giving 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 · £38,494 (4 grants)
  • Sport England · £28,760 (2 grants)
  • Department for Transport · £27,161

Most recent

  • Department for Transport £27,1612020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-04-26
  • Sport England £19,1782017-12-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,2102016-10-13
  • Sport England £9,5822014-09-22
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.

9 trustees on the board

2.7y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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

Education 16Other services 8Professional services 3

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£28.1m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

491 from 371 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.
98%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1092798
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 13 OCT 1994, AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION 25 OCT 2010 AND CERT OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22 NOV 2010..AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 APR 2016 as amended on 12 Nov 2021 as amended on 04 Aug 2025
Companies House
Company number 02978546 · Active
Contact on the register
07834452967 · enquiries@birtenshaw.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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