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Registered charity · Bolton

The Barlow Institute

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £875k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Amateur Sport, Recreation
Where
Blackburn With Darwen, Bolton, Bury
Website
www.thebarlow.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£875k£371k
  • 2024£304k£367k
  • 2023£289k£409k
Earlier years
  • 2022£288k£355k
  • 2021£865k£465k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCEOF, (A) A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS, INCLUDING USE FOR (1) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES , AND (2) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; AND (B) A RECREATION GROUND FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS.

Grants received

6 grants · £76,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £51,300 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £25,500 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-02-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £34,6002017-03-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £6,7002015-10-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002014-06-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5002012-04-18
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.

7 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 7Recreation 6Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£304k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
521333
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONVEYANCE DATED 19 JULY 1926, AMENDED BY SCHEME 27 SEPTEMBER 2000. as amended on 21 Jul 2021 as amended on 06 Apr 2022 as amended on 06 Apr 2022 as amended on 24 May 2023
Contact on the register
01204852216 · info@thebarlow.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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