Registered charity · Manchester
The Shaw Centre
- 4 trustees
- Income £301k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.theshawcentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Shaw Centre
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£301k£316k
- 2024£258k£254k
- 2023£239k£233k
Earlier years
- 2022£240k£219k
- 2021£202k£202k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 74%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WHO ARE RESIDENT WITHIN MANCHESTER, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING NEEDS-LED DAY CARE ACTIVITIES AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO EMPOWER THEM AND ENABLE THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR NEEDS AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND THEREBY IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
2 grants · £24,500 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 · £15,400
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,100
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, 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.
4 trustees on the board
- David Robert Laughlin since 2019
- Jillian Dale since 2017
- Lisa Farrand since 2020
- Stephen Carroll since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- David Robert Laughlin since 2019
- Jillian Dale since 2017
- Lisa Farrand since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- David Robert Laughlin since 2019
- Jillian Dale since 2017
- Lisa Farrand since 2020
- Stephen Carroll since 2026
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1141871
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/12/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07473593 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612035109 · info@theshawcentre.org.uk
- 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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