Registered charity · Lancashire
Queen's Hall Action on Poverty
The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Clare WoodTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Paul PlantTrustee · since 2023
- Jean GrovesTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan ChurchwardTrustee · since 2023
- Karen HazlehurstTrustee · since 2024
- Kate ForresterTrustee · since 2022
- Martin Ainscough CBE DLTrustee · since 2023
- Michael ScarisbrickTrustee · since 2024
- Neil WhittinghamTrustee · since 2024
- Stuart EntwhistleTrustee · since 2024
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Wigan, Lancashire
- Website
- www.thebrick.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Queens Hall Action on Poverty
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.5m£4.3m
- 2024£3.2m£3.2m
- 2023£2.5m£2.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.0m£3.0m
- 2021£2.7m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 31% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.
Grants received
17 grants · £1,339,829 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 · £813,902 (5 grants)
- Comic Relief · £321,500 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £124,122 (2 grants)
- Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity · £48,968
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £21,500 (3 grants)
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Clare Wood since 2022
- Dr Paul Plant since 2023
- Jean Groves since 2023
- Jonathan Churchward since 2023
- Karen Hazlehurst since 2024
- Kate Forrester since 2022
- Martin Ainscough CBE DL since 2023
- Michael Scarisbrick since 2024
- Neil Whittingham since 2024
- Stuart Entwhistle since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Clare Wood since 2022
- Dr Paul Plant since 2023
- Jonathan Churchward since 2023
- Karen Hazlehurst since 2024
- Kate Forrester since 2022
- Martin Ainscough CBE DL since 2023
- Michael Scarisbrick since 2024
- Neil Whittingham since 2024
- Stuart Entwhistle since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Jean Groves since 2023
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.
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
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153055
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 APR 2013 as amended on 13 Aug 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 08503176 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01942 318004 · enquiries@thebrick.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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