Registered charity · Bolton
Horwich Heritage
- 9 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- David Stuart Whittle BA HonsChair · since 2011
- Christopher FoleyTrustee · since 2019
- Derek CartwrightTrustee · since 2019
- Elizabeth WhiteheadTrustee · since 2026
- Gary PenmanTrustee · since 2026
- Judith Valerie WhittleTrustee · since 2026
- Kathleen ArkwrightTrustee · since 2017
- Roy DaviesTrustee · since 2019
- Valerie Leese BATrustee · since 2011
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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Bolton
- Website
- horwichheritage.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£21k
- 2024£12k£18k
- 2023£23k£20k
Earlier years
- 2022£23k£14k
- 2021£5k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE TOWN OF HORWICH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OF MATERIAL AND ARTEFACTS OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARCHIVE AND COLLECTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SUCH MATERIAL AND ARTEFACTS AND BY THE PRODUCTION OF LITERATURE AND FILMS.
Grants received
11 grants · £115,000 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 · £115,000 (11 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- David Stuart Whittle BA Hons Chair since 2011
- Christopher Foley since 2019
- Derek Cartwright since 2019
- Elizabeth Whitehead since 2026
- Gary Penman since 2026
- Judith Valerie Whittle since 2026
- Kathleen Arkwright since 2017
- Roy Davies since 2019
- Valerie Leese BA since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- David Stuart Whittle BA Hons Chair since 2011
- Christopher Foley since 2019
- Derek Cartwright since 2019
- Kathleen Arkwright since 2017
- Roy Davies since 2019
- Valerie Leese BA since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher Foley since 2019
- Derek Cartwright since 2019
- Elizabeth Whitehead since 2026
- Gary Penman since 2026
- Judith Valerie Whittle since 2026
- Kathleen Arkwright since 2017
- Roy Davies since 2019
- Valerie Leese BA since 2011
Portfolio (1)
- David Stuart Whittle BA Hons Chair since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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
- 1146434
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 04/06/1985AS AMENDED ON 27/02/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01204847797 · WHITTLESTUART@AOL.COM
- 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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