Gregson Institute
Registered charity 506721 Registered since 1977
Operates: Lancashire
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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
- Rev Carol Louisa Backhouse Chair since 2020
- Andrew Mills Nicholson since 2020
- Dr Paul Philip Thompson since 2016
- Greg Skelland since 2025
- Jacqueline Mary Stamper since 2018
- Julie Anne Buckley since 2020
- Michael Charles Stocks since 2020
6.1y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Carol Louisa Backhouse Chair since 2020
- Andrew Mills Nicholson since 2020
- Dr Paul Philip Thompson since 2016
- Jacqueline Mary Stamper since 2018
- Julie Anne Buckley since 2020
14.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Paul Philip Thompson since 2016
- Greg Skelland since 2025
- Michael Charles Stocks since 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Rev Carol Louisa Backhouse Chair since 2020
- Andrew Mills Nicholson since 2020
- Jacqueline Mary Stamper since 2018
- Julie Anne Buckley since 2020
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Religious Activities 4Education/training 2Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.
Other services 2Education 1Health and social care 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
incomespending£4k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Related organisations
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster 3 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Jesus Shaped People 1 shared trustee
- The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company 1 shared trustee
- Lancaster, Ripley Church of England Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Peplow Chapel Endowment Fund Similar size; both Religion
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| revcarolbackhouse@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 07857 449724 |
| Address | 24 Wentworth Drive, LANCASTER, LA1 3RJ |
Finances
£3,600 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £2,980 | £3,216 |
| 2022 | £3,258 | £12,796 |
| 2023 | £3,391 | £2,500 |
| 2024 | £3,550 | £5,000 |
| 2025 | £3,600 | £4,000 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE FORMER ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER.
Governing document: SCHEME OF 8/10/1940 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 12/08/1981 as amended on 02 Feb 2026
Trustees (7)
7trustees
75median age
3aged 70+
- Rev Carol Louisa Backhouse Chair since 2020
- Andrew Mills Nicholsonage band 75-79 since 2020
- Dr Paul Philip Thompson since 2016
- Greg Skelland since 2025
- Jacqueline Mary Stamperage band 75-79 since 2018
- Julie Anne Buckley since 2020
- Michael Charles Stocksage band 75-79 since 2020
Connected charities (6)
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster 3 shared trustees
- Lancaster, Ripley Church of England Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
- Jesus Shaped People 1 shared trustee
- The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company 1 shared trustee
- 1131372 1 shared trustee
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