Registered charity (CIO) · Lancashire
Leigh Caring Kitchen
The prevention and relief of poverty in Leigh, Wigan and surrounding areas, working with people who are on low income or experiencing poverty, homelessness, crisis or worklessness by providing food, shelter, support, practical skills, advice and...
- 6 trustees
- Income £666k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Wigan
- Website
- www.thebridgeatleigh.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£666k£690k
- 2024£578k£598k
- 2023£516k£429k
Earlier years
- 2022£415k£358k
- 2021£341k£241k
Charitable objects
The prevention and relief of poverty in Leigh, Wigan and surrounding areas, working with people who are on low income or experiencing poverty, homelessness, crisis or worklessness by providing food, shelter, support, practical skills, advice and using food surplus redistribution in the community to reduce waste and raise environmental awareness.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Frank Bowker Chair since 2015
- Dorothy Margaret Bowker since 2016
- Debra Susan Ann Wailes since 2026
- Elizabeth Thompson since 2019
- LEE Fogg since 2024
- Peter Alan Rowlinson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Frank Bowker Chair since 2015
- Dorothy Margaret Bowker since 2016
- Elizabeth Thompson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Debra Susan Ann Wailes since 2026
- Elizabeth Thompson since 2019
- LEE Fogg since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Frank Bowker Chair since 2015
- Dorothy Margaret Bowker since 2016
- Peter Alan Rowlinson 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.
Gaps to watch
- 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
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1164347
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 10 Nov 2015 as amended on 17 Mar 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01942 678255 · thebridgeatleigh@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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