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Bootle Tool Shed

Bootle Tool Shed is a registered charity (number 1170924) based in Liverpool, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Edward Michael Flynn since 2016. Latest income £44k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £44k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Recreation
Where
Sefton, Liverpool City
Website
www.bootletoolshed.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£44k£28k
  • 2024£26k£50k
  • 2023£96k£73k
Earlier years
  • 2022£88k£77k
  • 2021£55k£55k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF SEFTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OLDER MEN BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A PREMISES IN WHICH SUCH PEOPLE CAN MEET JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY TO UNDERTAKE AND SHARE CREATIVE, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THEIR CHOICE AND LEARN OR PASS ON SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE.

Grants received

3 grants · £38,510 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £38,510 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-11-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,3502023-03-03
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,1602018-10-11
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.

3 trustees on the board

7.7y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£26k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1170924
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Dec 2016
Contact on the register
07887521207 · eddy@bootletoolshed.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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