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Stanlaw Abbey Development Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £613k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cheshire West & Chester
Website
www.stanlawabbey.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Stanlaw Abbey Development Trust LTD
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£613k£524k
  • 2024£543k£476k
  • 2023£269k£192k
Earlier years
  • 2022£235k£157k
  • 2021£197k£153k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS OBJECTS') ARE THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN ELLESMERE PORT) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;(3) THE CREATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY ENTERPRISESTHROUGH THE PROVISION CO WORKSPACE AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT AT STONEWALL ABBEYBUSINESS CENTRE;(4) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED ORDISADVANTAGED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FORUSE CC FAVOURABLE TERMS:(5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONGUNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE ORCONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FORUNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(B) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(8) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THEIMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDEDTHAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY VOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BRIDLESOF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;(9) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(10) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BYREASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIALAND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:(11) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(12) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;(13) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME:(14) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIORWRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

5.2y median 2y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 5Accommodation/housing 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 4Business services 1Professional services 1

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£613k 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.

21.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

3 from 3 in 2024
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
1140449
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 JUNE 2005
Companies House
Company number 05489202 · Active
Contact on the register
01513565896 · rohib@stanlawabbey.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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