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The Chester Bluecoat Charity

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £573k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Cheshire West & Chester
Website
thechesterbluecoatcharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Chester Bluecoat Charity
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£573k£582k
  • 2023£551k£549k
  • 2022£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2021£0£0
  • 2020£0£0

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION TO PERSONS WHO: (I) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND (II) ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE;1.2 THE RELIEF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):1.2.1 MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY; OR1.2.2 PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES; OR1.2.3 MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO PEOPLE IN NEED;1.3 TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO:1.3.1 ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25; AND1.3.2 ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND1.3.3 ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, SOCIAL AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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

1.6y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Hospitality 8Other services 3Professional services 3

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£573k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

12.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2020

6 from 4 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1186378
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 FEB 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 MAR 2023 as amended on 27 Mar 2023
Companies House
Company number 12305820 · Active
Contact on the register
01244345787 · office@thechesterbluecoatcharity.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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