The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Mustard Tree

Registered charity 1135192 Registered since 2010

Operates: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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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.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
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 6Economic/community Development/employment 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 7Other services 5Education 4

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£2.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.3 in 2021

45 from 42 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.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mustardtree.org.uk
Emailinformation@mustardtree.org.uk
Phone0161 850 2282
AddressThe Mustard Tree, 110 Oldham Road, MANCHESTER, M4 6AG

Finances

£2,146,702 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,660,427£1,540,177
2022£1,726,357£1,771,198
2023£2,190,423£2,237,319
2024£2,091,074£2,280,193
2025£2,146,702£2,169,953

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF AND ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING HOUSING, FURNITURE, FOOD, CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES ON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR NEEDS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED AND DISADVANTAGED AND SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE ('THE OBJECTS').

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 04 MARCH 2002

Trustees (6)

6trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Mustard Tree · 04386613 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/03/2002

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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