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Registered charity · Oldham

Northern Roots (Oldham) LTD

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £981k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
Where
Oldham
Website
northern-roots.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Northern Roots (Oldham) Limited
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£981k£668k
  • 2024£551k£557k
  • 2023£634k£463k
Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND OF VISITORS TO THE BOROUGH OF OLDHAM (OLDHAM) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO:(A) PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF OLDHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION, MAINTAINANCE, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPPING OF THE GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLANDS, OPEN SPACES, PLAYING FIELDS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITY SPACES WITHIN THE NORTHERN ROOTS SITE OR OPERATING UNDER THE NORTHERN ROOTS BRAND, AND BY THE PROVISION OF ALLOTMENT FACILITIES;(B) ADVANCE HEALTH BY PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE AND OTHER LAND BASED ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION AND AMATEUR SPORT;(C) PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE PUBLIC PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, AND(D) ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR IN:(I) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING THE FLORA AND FAUNA, WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS IN OLDHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS;(II) THE CONDUCT OF HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE AND OTHER LAND BASED BUSINESSES(III) THE HISTORY, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS OF THE NORTH WEST.

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.

7 trustees on the board

5.3y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 12Arts and leisure 5Education 4

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£981k 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.

12.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.2 in 2023

12 from 6 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
1196806
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 SEP 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 NOV 2021
Companies House
Company number 11258080 · Active
Contact on the register
07988615633 · info@northern-roots.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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