The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Crescent Purchasing Limited

Registered charity 1130461 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
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 11

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 12Professional services 10Education 4

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.2m 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.

15.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.8 in 2021

86 from 66 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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thecpc.ac.uk
Emaild.owen@thecpc.ac.uk
Phone07990763837
AddressCrescent Purchasing Ltd, Procurement House, Unit 23, Leslie Hough Way, SALFORD, M6 6AJ

Finances

£6,181,902 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,945,508£3,881,739
2022£4,660,485£4,619,370
2023£5,204,750£4,582,425
2024£6,036,761£4,916,550
2025£6,181,902£5,776,907

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

2 OBJECTS 2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED: A) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY: (I) PROVIDING SERVICES FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL BODIES TO PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE AND ENHANCE AND IMPROVE THEIR PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES; AND (II) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN PROCUREMENT PROVIDED THAT ALL THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED; (B) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF LEARNERS IN FURTHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL BODIES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND THE FUNDING OF PROJECTS FOR EDUCATION IN THOSE BODIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/12/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/06/2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/09/2009 AS AMENDED ON 30 JANUARY 2025 as amended on 10 Dec 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Crescent Purchasing Limited · 06774578 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/12/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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