Halton and ST Helens Voluntary and Community Action

Registered charity 1106001 Registered since 2004

Operates: St Helens, Halton

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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

7y median 5.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lisa Cogley since 2018
Pamela Meredith since 2012

13.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

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

Tech and media 6Other services 3Property 2

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

incomespending£1.3m latest income

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.

7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

34 from 15 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.

33%

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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

NEW Life Church (Warrington) 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

ST Clement & ST James Community Development Project Similar size; both Community development
Core Arts Similar size; both Community development
Orient Regeneration Similar size; both Community development
Safer Wales Similar size; both Community development
Community Action Bradford & District LTD. Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Email	info@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Phone	01744457100
Address	ST. MARIES, LUGSDALE ROAD, WIDNES, WA8 6DB

Finances

£1,325,712 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£672,020	£515,121
2022	£804,682	£762,853
2023	£1,146,000	£960,850
2024	£1,594,000	£1,310,553
2025	£1,325,712	£1,699,082

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

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

Trustees (6)

6trustees

55median age

2aged 70+

Annmarie Houghtonage band 50-54 since 2023
Emma Elizabeth Howarthage band 55-59 since 2023
Lisa Cogleyage band 50-54 since 2018
MR Hitesh Patel
MR Mike FRY
Pamela Meredithage band 75-79 since 2012

Linked company (Companies House)

Halton and ST Helens Voluntary and Community Action · 02539153 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/09/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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