The Sophie Lancaster Foundation

Registered charity 1129689 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Fiona Louise Horton since 2018

5.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4

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

Education 4Business services 1Professional services 1

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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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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incomespending£278k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.sophielancasterfoundation.com
Email	enquiries@sophielancasterfoundation.com
Phone	01706216969
Address	87 Deardengate, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 5SN

Finances

£278,199 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£147,503	£137,096
2021	£126,575	£125,264
2022	£168,060	£185,203
2023	£234,834	£215,380
2024	£278,199	£182,818

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-A. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;B. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSEBACKGROUNDS;C. CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES ANDPUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; ANDD. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;AND(2) THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUTNOT EXCLUSIVELY OF THOSE SUBJECT TO VICTIMISATION OR VIOLENCE BY ADVANCING EDUCATIONAND RAISING AWARENESS."

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 OCTOBER 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 7 MAY 2009

Trustees (4)

4trustees

51median age

0aged 70+

Elizabeth Rose Griffinage band 45-49 since 2022
Emmete Niamh Cainage band 35-39 since 2025
Fiona Louise Hortonage band 55-59 since 2018
Michael John Ainsworthage band 65-69 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

The Sophie Lancaster Foundation · 06728103 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/10/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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