The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Olive Branch (Faith in Action)

Registered charity 1186017 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Lancashire

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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

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Religious Activities 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£126k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://the-olivebranch.org.uk
Emailinfo@the-olivebranch.org.uk
Phone01524555715
AddressHarpers Mill, White Cross Estate, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4XQ

Finances

£159,778 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£73,128£98,411
2023£128,110£110,011
2024£117,775£117,123
2025£125,819£155,597
2026£159,778£145,853

What it does

What

DisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THOSE PEOPLE AFFLICTED BY DEBT AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE BY THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, ADVICE, INFORMATION, COUNSELLING, TRAINING AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 29 Oct 2019

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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