Registered charity · Bolton
Fortalice Limited
The objects for which the Charity is established (“the Objects”) are (a) The relief and protection of those who have been gravely or persistently maltreated by the partner with whom they are or have been living or any member of their immediate or...
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Diane Mary Hawkins DL JP LLBChair
- Angela BrownTrustee · since 2015
- Carol Linda ThomasTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Gill Smallwood MBETrustee
- Jeremy Paul RaynerTrustee · since 2024
- Karen Jean HoldsworthTrustee · since 2025
- Lucy LEETrustee · since 2015
- Rev Ian HepburnTrustee · since 2021
- Sarah CollierTrustee · since 2020
- Sylvia SwainTrustee · since 2015
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Bolton, Bury
- Website
- www.fortalice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Fortalice Limited
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£1.9m
- 2024£1.8m£1.8m
- 2023£1.8m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.4m
- 2021£1.6m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects for which the Charity is established (“the Objects”) are (a) The relief and protection of those who have been gravely or persistently maltreated by the partner with whom they are or have been living or any member of their immediate or extended family and of the children of such people(b) Providing refuge accommodation in Lewis House for women who have been gravely or persistently maltreated by the partner with whom they are or have been living or any member of their immediate or extended family and of the children of such women(c) Providing programmes, including early intervention, to raise awareness of domestic abuse and related issues(d) To facilitate and assist programmes in partnership with those dealing with perpetrators
Grants received
16 grants · £572,253 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 Community Fund · £145,977 (3 grants)
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £100,112
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £97,500 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (3 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £59,919
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Diane Mary Hawkins DL JP LLB Chair
- Angela Brown since 2015
- Carol Linda Thomas since 2023
- Dr Gill Smallwood MBE
- Jeremy Paul Rayner since 2024
- Karen Jean Holdsworth since 2025
- Lucy LEE since 2015
- Rev Ian Hepburn since 2021
- Sylvia Swain since 2015
- Sarah Collier since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Angela Brown since 2015
- Lucy LEE since 2015
- Sylvia Swain since 2015
- Sarah Collier since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Carol Linda Thomas since 2023
- Jeremy Paul Rayner since 2024
- Karen Jean Holdsworth since 2025
- Lucy LEE since 2015
- Rev Ian Hepburn since 2021
- Sylvia Swain since 2015
- Sarah Collier since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Diane Mary Hawkins DL JP LLB Chair
- Angela Brown since 2015
- Dr Gill Smallwood MBE
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
6.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1124031
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 FEBRUARY 2008. as amended on 22 Feb 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 06517841 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01204365677 · info@fortalice.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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