Registered charity · Preston
N-Compass Towards A Brighter Future Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £6.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.n-compass.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- N-Compass Towards A Brighter Future Limited
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.9m£6.9m
- 2024£6.2m£6.3m
- 2023£6.7m£6.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.3m£6.2m
- 2021£5.2m£5.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 98%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4(1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FACING DISADVANTAGE THROUGH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, AGE, THE DEMANDS OF THE CARER'S ROLE, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR ADVERSE LIFE EVENTS, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THOSE PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.4(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADDRESS THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE SEEKING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
Grants received
6 grants · £316,251 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
- BBC Children in Need · £206,583 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £69,810
- Veterans Foundation · £29,858
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Adam David Grainger since 2024
- Ajay Patel since 2024
- Andrew Sellers since 2025
- Angie Boyle since 2022
- Caroline Mary Smith since 2024
- Catherine Walsh since 2024
- Joanna Frith-Williams since 2024
- Rachael Mccullough since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Adam David Grainger since 2024
- Ajay Patel since 2024
- Andrew Sellers since 2025
- Angie Boyle since 2022
- Caroline Mary Smith since 2024
- Catherine Walsh since 2024
- Joanna Frith-Williams since 2024
- Rachael Mccullough since 2022
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
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1128809
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 DEC 2017 as amended on 15 Oct 2019 as amended on 28 Sep 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 06845210 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03450138208 · admin@n-compass.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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