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Compassion Acts
- 8 trustees
- Income £584k (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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Sefton, Lancashire
- Website
- www.compassionacts.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Compassion Acts Limited
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£584k£530k
- 2024£547k£619k
- 2023£513k£636k
Earlier years
- 2022£643k£574k
- 2021£496k£407k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PERSONS IN AND AROUND SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN AND AROUND SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES; C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DOCTRINE IN THE UK.
Grants received
25 grants · £857,348 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
- Trussell · £511,177 (15 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £267,951 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £15,500 (3 grants)
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £7,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dr Dympna Edwards Chair since 2021
- David Latham Oliver since 2023
- Dr Pamela James since 2025
- Gary Spooner since 2025
- Linden Robinson since 2024
- Rev Graham Colin Turner since 2023
- Rev Keith Thornborough since 2025
- William Harrison since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Dympna Edwards Chair since 2021
- David Latham Oliver since 2023
- Dr Pamela James since 2025
- Gary Spooner since 2025
- Linden Robinson since 2024
- Rev Graham Colin Turner since 2023
- Rev Keith Thornborough since 2025
- William Harrison since 2021
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
4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1172948
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 MAR 2017 as amended on 22 May 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 10457781 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01704264505 · hello@compassionacts.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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