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Blackpool Centre for the Unemployed and Residents Advice Service

Blackpool Centre for the Unemployed and Residents Advice Service is a registered charity (number 1099585) based in Blackpool, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Dave Flanagan since 2016. Latest income £0 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)

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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Blackpool, Lancashire
Website
www.bcfu.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£3k
  • 2024£19k£23k
  • 2023£24k£21k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£23k
  • 2021£18k£21k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 39%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE BLACKPOOL AREA BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,984 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 · £9,984

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9842023-08-18
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

8.5y median 9y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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
incomespendingspending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1099585
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 APRIL 2002 AS AMENDED 28 AUGUST 2003
Contact on the register
01253523178 · info@bcfu.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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