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Registered charity · Blackpool

Volunteer Centre Blackpool Wyre and Fylde

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £626k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Lancashire, Blackpool
Website
www.volunteercentrebwf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Limited
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£626k£645k
  • 2024£647k£615k
  • 2023£462k£436k
Earlier years
  • 2022£314k£348k
  • 2021£372k£318k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 57%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE AREAOF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH ANDTHE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.(A) WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING INGENERAL, TO OFFER ADVICE ON VOLUNTEERING ISSUES AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING TOVOLUNTEERS, TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER PLACEMENT ORGANISATIONS.(B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE PURPOSES AND TOBRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORYAUTHORITIES AND AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE AREA OFBENEFIT.

Grants received

14 grants · £1,290,833 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 · £902,331 (5 grants)
  • Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £157,530 (2 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £111,274 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £65,300
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £39,523

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £446,6342026-03-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,4802026-02-27
  • Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside £20,0002025-06-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £419,9172025-04-14
  • Department for Work and Pensions £40,2822024-03-01
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

9.2y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5Economic/community Development/employment 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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

Other services 5Hospitality 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£626k 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

38 from 28 in 2024
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.
61%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1125184
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 MARCH 2006 AS AMENDED 4 JUNE 2008
Companies House
Company number 05756723 · Active
Contact on the register
01253301004 · enquiries@volunteercentrebwf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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