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Registered charity · Wigan

Applecast Limited

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England
Website
castnw.net (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Applecast Limited
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.0m
  • 2023£1.1m£999k
Earlier years
  • 2022£956k£819k
  • 2021£714k£746k
Charitable objects

(1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES; (2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE TRAINING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, FARMING, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; 3) TO ASSIST IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT ANY ORGANISATION WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

8 trustees on the board

8.6y median 10y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 8Education/training 8

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

Agriculture 6Health and social care 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.1m 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.

18.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2021

26 from 24 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1123401
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 MARCH 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 14 DECEMBER 2007 AND 8 FEBRUARY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 AUG 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 NOV 2017
Companies House
Company number 05758480 · Active
Contact on the register
01257463012 · CASTNORTHWEST@GMAIL.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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