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Registered charity · Lancashire

Ashton Community Charity

Ashton Community Charity is a registered charity (number 221789) based in Lancashire, governed by 16 trustees and chaired by Andrew John Bullen. Latest income £51k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

General Benefit of the poor (1) The object of the charity is the relief of persons resident in the area of benefit who are in need, hardship or distress and assisting those 'not for profit organisations' in the community who support the residents....

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £51k (2026)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Wigan
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£51k£47k
  • 2025£1.0m£21k
  • 2024£12k£13k
Earlier years
  • 2023£10k£11k
  • 2022£9k£9k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

General Benefit of the poor (1) The object of the charity is the relief of persons resident in the area of benefit who are in need, hardship or distress and assisting those 'not for profit organisations' in the community who support the residents. (2) The trustees may relieve persons in need by: (a) making grants of money to them; or (b) providing or paying for goods, services or facilities for them; or (c) making grants of money to other persons or bodies who provide goods, services or facilities to those in need. (3) In exceptional cases the trustees may decide to assist someone (who is otherwise qualified) who is: (a) resident outside the area of benefit; or (b) only temporarily resident in the area of benefit (4) In helping 'not for profit' community organisations the charity will provide funds as one off payments to such to help them maintain or establish local bodies for the benefit of the people in the Ashton charity area.

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.

16 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (1)

3
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 16The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 16Disability 15Religious Activities 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 4Business services 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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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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.0m 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

0
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
221789
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 20 JANUARY 1966, AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2004. as amended on 01 Oct 2024 as amended on 24 Mar 2025 as amended on 08 Jun 2026
Contact on the register
07846302924 · linen.charity@aol.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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