Registered charity · Manchester
North West Legal Support Trust
- 5 trustees
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.nwlst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021--
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2017: Government contracts 0% · Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO PERSONS OR ORGANISATIONS THATPROVIDE, OR ORGANISE OR FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF, LEGAL ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE (BYWAY OF REPRESENTATION OR OTHERWISE) WHICH IS FREE OF CHARGE, INCLUDING SUCHFINANCIAL SUPPORT AS IS ENVISAGED BY SECTION 194 OF THE LEGAL SERVICES ACT 2007(AS AMENDED OR RE-ENACTED FROM TIME TO'TIME), DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLEWHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND3.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AIMED AT IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE BEINGEXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEESMAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
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
- Dinah Crystal OBE
- Fran Eccles-Bech since 2013
- Rachel Stevens since 2016
- Steve Topson since 2013
- Victoria JEW since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Fran Eccles-Bech since 2013
- Rachel Stevens since 2016
- Steve Topson since 2013
- Victoria JEW since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dinah Crystal OBE
- Fran Eccles-Bech since 2013
- Rachel Stevens since 2016
- Steve Topson since 2013
- Victoria JEW since 2013
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1131259
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 19 MARCH 2009
- Contact on the register
- 01612348408 · enquiries@nwlst.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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