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Registered charity · Warrington

Compassion in Action

Compassion in Action is a registered charity (number 1135920) based in Warrington, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £801k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £801k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Wigan
Website
compassioninaction.info (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Compassion in Action
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£801k£745k
  • 2024£808k£775k
  • 2023£891k£809k
Earlier years
  • 2022£915k£692k
  • 2021£509k£460k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING: ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF CLOTHES, FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD. TO PROVIDE AFTERCARE AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS LEAVING TREATMENT REGIMES OR EXPERIENCING CRISISES.

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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 4Other Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 4Education 1

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.

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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£801k 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.

7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.4 in 2021

15 from 17 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1135920
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES 15 APRIL 2004 as amended on 29 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 06883717 · Active
Contact on the register
01942262636 · pam@compassioninaction.info
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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