Registered charity · Bolton
The Thomas and Richard Sharples Charity
- 8 trustees
- Income £13k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.sharplescharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13k£2k
- 2024£13k£2k
- 2023£12k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£28k
- 2021£10k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS. THE PENSIONERS SHALL BE PERSONS AGED OVER 60 YEARS, RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES TO BE IN POSITIONS OF NEED. SUCH PERSONS WILL BE ENTITLED, AS DEFINED BY THE TRUSTEES, TO USE THE NAME SHARPLES OR HESMONDHALGH AND WHOSE OWN SURNAME OF SHARPLES OR HESMONDHALGH IS ENTERED IN A REGISTER OF BIRTHS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE SCHEME.ANY SURPLUS INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.
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
- Martin Sharples Chair since 2012
- Barrie Sharples since 2011
- Harriet Emily Sarah Kwiatkowski since 2011
- Karen Yvonne Sharples since 2020
- Nicholas Baxendale since 2011
- Nicholas Baxendale since 2011
- Stephen Hesmondhalgh
- Thomas Hesmondhalgh
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Sharples Chair since 2012
- Barrie Sharples since 2011
- Harriet Emily Sarah Kwiatkowski since 2011
- Karen Yvonne Sharples since 2020
- Nicholas Baxendale since 2011
- Nicholas Baxendale since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Martin Sharples Chair since 2012
- Barrie Sharples since 2011
- Harriet Emily Sarah Kwiatkowski since 2011
- Karen Yvonne Sharples since 2020
- Nicholas Baxendale since 2011
- Nicholas Baxendale since 2011
- Stephen Hesmondhalgh
- Thomas Hesmondhalgh
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 223537
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 3RD NOVEMBER 1998
- Contact on the register
- 01204388675 · enquiries@donnellybentley.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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