The Onside Foundation

Registered charity 1157252 Registered since 2014

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

MR Ross Warburton Chair since 2014
MR Bill Holroyd since 2014
William George Richard Lees-Jones since 2022

9.3y median 12y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

MR Ross Warburton Chair since 2014
MR Bill Holroyd since 2014

24.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

William George Richard Lees-Jones since 2022

Portfolio (2)

MR Ross Warburton Chair since 2014
MR Bill Holroyd since 2014

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 3General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 4Professional services 4Education 3

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£4.0m latest income

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.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Onside Youth Zones 1 shared trustee
The Ross Warburton Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The Holroyd Foundation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Northamptonshire Carers Similar size; both Recreation
Active Life Limited Similar size; both Recreation
Oakwood School Similar size; both Recreation

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://www.onsideyouthzones.org/
Email	enquiries@onsideyouthzones.org
Phone	01204369297
Address	ATRIA, SPA ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4AG

Finances

£4,049,212 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£12,659,834	£12,422,298
2022	£3,257,935	£5,671,580
2023	£2,517,167	£5,363,084
2024	£2,419,396	£2,398,533
2025	£4,049,212	£6,225,795

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO APPLY FUNDS AT ITS DISCRETION (INCLUDING THROUGH THE MAKING OF DONATIONS OR GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS) IN ORDER TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 24 MAR 2014

Trustees (3)

3trustees

65median age

0aged 70+

MR Ross Warburtonage band 65-69 Chair since 2014
MR Bill Holroyd since 2014
William George Richard Lees-Jonesage band 60-64 since 2022

Connected charities (3)

Onside Youth Zones 1 shared trustee
The Holroyd Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Ross Warburton Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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