Registered charity · Lancs
Richard Whitaker Charity
Richard Whitaker Charity is a registered charity (number 526447) based in Lancs, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
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
- Where
- Lancashire
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£5k
- 2024£8k£5k
- 2023£8k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£8k
- 2021£7k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
A) EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO WERE BORN IN OR ARE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF ROSSENDALE IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT:I) IN AWARDING EXHIBITIONS TENABLE AT ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL,COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER EDUCATION. II) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,OUTFITS,CLOTHING,TOOLS,INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS ON LEAVING SCHOOL,UNIVERSITY OR ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT,TO PREPARE FOR AND ENTER A PROFESSION,TRADE OR CALLING. III) IN AWARDING BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO TRAVEL. IV) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS B) RELIEVING PERSONS WHO WERE BORN IN OR ARE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF ROSSENDALE WHO ARE IN NEED,PROVIDED THAT PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO WERE BORN IN OR ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF THE FORMER CENTRAL WARD NORTH AND FORMER CENTRAL WARD SOUTH OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF RAWTENSTALL( FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 7 OF THE SCHEME)
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Robert Barker
- Stephen Wilkinson since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth Smith since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Stephen Wilkinson since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth Smith since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (3)
- Robert Barker
- Stephen Wilkinson since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth Smith since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 526447
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 6 SEPTEMBER 1983
- Contact on the register
- 01706213356 · Stephen.Parr@whnsolicitors.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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