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Burnley Acorn Fund

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £21k (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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Lancashire
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£15k
  • 2024£19k£7k
  • 2023£16k£14k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£14k
  • 2021£9k£22k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS OR SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SICK-POOR LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF BURNLEY EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS GOODS OR SERVICES. 2. TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDING IN THEIR OWN HOMES WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF BURNLEY WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED HOUSING AND ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS 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.

5 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General 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.

Arts and leisure 1Other services 1Professional 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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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£21k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
231333
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME 30/11/1951 AND RESOLUTION MADE UNDER SECTION 74 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AS AMENDED BY S 74D RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 JULY 2008 AND 24 MARCH 2009 AS ALTERED BY SCHEME DATED 12/2/2010AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 04 APR 2017
Contact on the register
01282425011 · democracy@burnley.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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