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Registered charity · Burnley

Burnley Empire Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £12k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.burnleyempiretrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Burnley Empire Trust
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£12k£20k
  • 2024£62k£54k
  • 2023£1k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2022£189k£189k
  • 2021£48k£41k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 95%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF BURNLEY IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE, AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, THE BUILDING KNOWN AS BURNLEY EMPIRE THEATRE SITUATED IN COW LANE, BURNLEY, AND ITS ENVIRONS, AND ITS HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES; (B) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ASSIST AND ADVANCE PUBLIC ACCESS, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE ARTS INCLUDING Û BUT NOT LIMITED TO Û DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, POETRY, THE SPOKEN WORD, LITERATURE, MIME, OPERA, MUSIC, DANCE, SINGING, ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY;(C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BURNLEY AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Grants received

3 grants · £209,481 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 Heritage Fund · £207,481 (2 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £2,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £198,0132025-09-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,4682024-03-01
  • SHAREGIFT £2,0002023-07-11
Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 trustees on the board

7y median 7.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4

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

Arts and leisure 4Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£12k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1187606
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 AUG 2019
Companies House
Company number 11709561 · Active
Contact on the register
00000000000 · info@burnleyempiretrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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