Registered charity · Wigan
Wigan Boys and Girls Club
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gary SpeakmanChair · since 2019
- Charlotte BeckTrustee · since 2019
- Debbie MillerTrustee · since 2025
- Gillian Susan DigglesTrustee · since 2019
- Jacqueline SaltTrustee · since 2019
- Laura Jean FlynnTrustee · since 2024
- Lisa Marie McallisterTrustee · since 2019
- Michael Robert HiltonTrustee · since 2025
- Nigel Thomas FinchTrustee · since 2019
- Paul Graham FarringtonTrustee · since 2019
- Steven James MccormackTrustee · since 2025
- Stuart John EntwistleTrustee · since 2025
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 4 more
- Where
- Wigan
- Website
- www.wiganyouthzone.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wigan Boys & Girls Club
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£2.3m
- 2024£1.8m£2.0m
- 2023£1.5m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.9m
- 2021£2.4m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY ROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE
Grants received
11 grants · £467,291 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £109,579 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £108,722 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £93,333
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £75,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £42,300
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for 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.
12 trustees on the board
- Gary Speakman Chair since 2019
- Charlotte Beck since 2019
- Debbie Miller since 2025
- Gillian Susan Diggles since 2019
- Jacqueline Salt since 2019
- Laura Jean Flynn since 2024
- Lisa Marie Mcallister since 2019
- Michael Robert Hilton since 2025
- Nigel Thomas Finch since 2019
- Paul Graham Farrington since 2019
- Steven James Mccormack since 2025
- Stuart John Entwistle since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Gary Speakman Chair since 2019
- Charlotte Beck since 2019
- Gillian Susan Diggles since 2019
- Jacqueline Salt since 2019
- Lisa Marie Mcallister since 2019
- Nigel Thomas Finch since 2019
- Paul Graham Farrington since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Charlotte Beck since 2019
- Debbie Miller since 2025
- Gillian Susan Diggles since 2019
- Jacqueline Salt since 2019
- Lisa Marie Mcallister since 2019
- Michael Robert Hilton since 2025
- Nigel Thomas Finch since 2019
- Steven James Mccormack since 2025
- Stuart John Entwistle since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Gary Speakman Chair since 2019
- Laura Jean Flynn since 2024
- Paul Graham Farrington since 2019
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 22.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1134451
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 JUN 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06944425 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01942 612061 · info@wiganyouthzone.org
- 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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