Registered charity · Manchester
The Proud Trust LTD
- 9 trustees
- Income £944k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jack LiepaChair · since 2025
- Christopher Michael PeakeTrustee · since 2021
- Dean Frederick Thomas-LowdeTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Fiona Isobel McnairTrustee · since 2026
- Jak MatthewsTrustee · since 2025
- Jodi FoxTrustee · since 2025
- Nick PalamarasTrustee · since 2026
- Robin Eric ThomasTrustee · since 2026
- Sam PalmerTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- theproudtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Proud Trust LTD
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£944k£1.4m
- 2024£907k£1.3m
- 2023£907k£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£806k
- 2021£994k£718k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 32%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENGLAND: (1) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUCH PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, GUIDANCE, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND SOCIAL MEETING SPACES. (2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY (A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
Grants received
54 grants · £3,788,750 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 · £1,819,637 (10 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £260,000 (3 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £252,871 (4 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £252,000 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £250,800 (2 grants)
Most recent
- 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
- Jack Liepa Chair since 2025
- Christopher Michael Peake since 2021
- Dean Frederick Thomas-Lowde since 2026
- Dr Fiona Isobel Mcnair since 2026
- Jak Matthews since 2025
- Jodi Fox since 2025
- Nick Palamaras since 2026
- Robin Eric Thomas since 2026
- Sam Palmer since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Jack Liepa Chair since 2025
- Christopher Michael Peake since 2021
- Dean Frederick Thomas-Lowde since 2026
- Dr Fiona Isobel Mcnair since 2026
- Jak Matthews since 2025
- Jodi Fox since 2025
- Nick Palamaras since 2026
- Robin Eric Thomas since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Sam Palmer 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.
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
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161102
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/03/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/10/2015 as amended on 05 Oct 2019 as amended on 19 Nov 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 05585290 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01616603347 · info@theproudtrust.org
- 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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