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Registered charity (CIO) · Lancashire

Comfort C.A.F.E.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £43k (2025)

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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Blackpool
Website
www.comfortcafe.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£43k£25k
  • 2024£13k£17k
  • 2023£12k£22k
Earlier years
  • 2022£31k£17k
  • 2021£17k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, WHICH SHALL BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, ARE: 1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, ITEMS, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE AGED 18 AND OVER WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY AS A RESULT OF HOMELESSNESS, BEING AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS (BY VIRTUE OF BEING VULNERABLY HOUSED) AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WHO ARE AGED 18 IN THE BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

Grants received

2 grants · £20,999 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

Most recent

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.

5 trustees on the board

3.8y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

3
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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£43k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1188833
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Mar 2020 as amended on 12 Apr 2022
Contact on the register
07825581239 · treasurer@comfortcafe.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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