Registered charity · Widnes
Halton and ST Helens Voluntary and Community Action
Halton and ST Helens Voluntary and Community Action is a registered charity (number 1106001) based in Widnes, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Halton and St Helens VCA (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
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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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- St Helens, Halton
- Website
- www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Halton and ST Helens Voluntary and Community Action
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.7m
- 2024£1.6m£1.3m
- 2023£1.1m£961k
Earlier years
- 2022£805k£763k
- 2021£672k£515k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 13% · Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF HALTON AND ST HELENS AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT"), AND IN PARTICULAR BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT
Grants received
11 grants · £1,833,802 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 Heritage Fund · £1,203,800
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £591,817 (5 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £33,185 (4 grants)
- Alex Ferry Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Annmarie Houghton since 2023
- Emma Elizabeth Howarth since 2023
- Lisa Cogley since 2018
- MR Hitesh Patel
- MR Mike FRY
- Pamela Meredith since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Lisa Cogley since 2018
- Pamela Meredith since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Annmarie Houghton since 2023
- Emma Elizabeth Howarth since 2023
- Lisa Cogley since 2018
- MR Hitesh Patel
- MR Mike FRY
- Pamela Meredith since 2012
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106001
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 SEPTEMBER 1990, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2010 REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 7 OCTOBER 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 02539153 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01744457100 · info@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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