Registered charity · Northwich
Petty Pool
- 5 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Andrew KendallTrustee · since 2025
- Craig Michael WilliamsTrustee · since 2018
- Eleanor Jayne Lees-JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Gillian Lesley JosephsTrustee · since 2023
- Lachlan NisbetTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- Terra Nova School Trust Limited · 1 shared trustee
- Cheshire Autism Practical Support LTD · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Manchester City, Wirral, Cheshire East, Halton and more
- Website
- www.pettypool.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Petty Pool
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.1m£4.1m
- 2024£3.6m£3.7m
- 2023£3.0m£3.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.7m£2.7m
- 2021£2.5m£2.4m
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, INCLUDING VOCATIONAL AND BASIC SKILLS, PERSONAL COMPETENCIES AND PREPARING THEM FOR POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT/PLACEMENT, AND ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENT LIVING;(2) PROMOTE THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING(3) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- Andrew Kendall since 2025
- Craig Michael Williams since 2018
- Eleanor Jayne Lees-Jones since 2021
- Gillian Lesley Josephs since 2023
- Lachlan Nisbet since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Craig Michael Williams since 2018
- Lachlan Nisbet since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Andrew Kendall since 2025
- Craig Michael Williams since 2018
- Lachlan Nisbet since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Eleanor Jayne Lees-Jones since 2021
- Gillian Lesley Josephs 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.
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
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1174082
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 MAY 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 10410072 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01606889097 · janet.thorpe@pettypool.org.uk
- 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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