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Registered charity · Lancashire

Leigh Youth and Community Development Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £379k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Where
Bolton, Wigan
Website
www.leighcommunitytrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Leigh Youth and Community Development Trust
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£379k£322k
  • 2024£236k£297k
  • 2023£357k£316k
Earlier years
  • 2022£240k£289k
  • 2021£360k£319k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1 THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LEIGH, WIGAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER SPORTS2 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEIGH, WIGAN AND SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY THE REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH SUBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MATHS, ENGLISH AND THE HISTORY OF LEIGH AND WIGAN; AND4 TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT

Grants received

30 grants · £1,864,716 total

360Giving 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 · £1,166,693 (12 grants)
  • Henry Smith Foundation · £225,600 (2 grants)
  • BBC Children in Need · £178,493 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £118,400 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £63,419

Most recent

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

13y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Education 5Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£236k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1139162
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 MARCH 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 25 AUGUST 2010
Companies House
Company number 04188718 · Active
Contact on the register
01942487847 · hannah@leighcommunitytrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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