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Registered charity · Wigan

Crane Educational Foundation

Crane Educational Foundation is a registered charity (number 526207) based in Wigan, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £25k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Crane Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £25k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, Accommodation/housing
Where
Lancashire
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25k£35k
  • 2024£23k£19k
  • 2023£21k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£21k£18k
  • 2021£15k£36k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATION OTHER THEN ELEMENTARY BY MEANS OF FINANCIAL HELP OR THE GRANTING OF MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCWS.

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

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 5Education/training 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£25k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
526207
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 12TH OCTOBER 1930 as amended on 12 Jun 2018
Contact on the register
01257463942 · tony.richardson50@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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