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Registered charity · Lancashire

Active Lancashire Limited

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £2.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation
Where
Cumbria, Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool
Website
www.activelancashire.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Active Lancashire Limited
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.7m£3.2m
  • 2024£6.1m£6.2m
  • 2023£6.9m£6.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.2m£5.0m
  • 2021£3.1m£3.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 11% · Government grants 72%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

16.2 THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA AND SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE, OR TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING, AND TO PROMOTE: 16.2.1 PUBLIC FACILITIES, AMENITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR HEALTHY RECREATION;16.2.2 FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES;16.2.3 THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION;16.2.4 EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COACHING COURSES WHICH PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS.16.2.5 TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST RESIDENTS IN DEPRIVED NEIGHBOURHOODS AND / OR SOCIAL HOUSING AREAS WHO ARE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS THROUGH SPORTING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.

Grants received

70 grants · £15,274,308 total

360Giving 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

  • Sport England · £14,618,269 (57 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £363,725 (4 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £123,094 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £49,125
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £46,890

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Board analysis for researchers

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

2.3y median 1.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 10Disability 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

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 10Arts and leisure 5Construction 2

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£2.7m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

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

43 from 39 in 2021
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.
82%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1159832
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/03/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/05/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 FEB 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 AUG 2016 as amended on 22 Mar 2022 as amended on 01 Nov 2024
Companies House
Company number 06859894 · Active
Contact on the register
01772299830 · contact@activelancashire.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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