Registered charity · Blackburn
Bootstrap Company (Blackburn) Limited
- 4 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen
- Website
- www.bootstrap.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021--
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2018: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4. THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND AS ANCILLARY TO THE FOREGOING OBJECTS:-A) TO PROMOTE TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE AND THE MEANS OF PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE BOROUGH OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN) AND INITIATE COMMUNITY LED REGENERATION PROGRAMMES.C) TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES AND (III) SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT.E) TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Jamie Groves Chair since 2014
- Ebrahim Kassim Bassa since 2011
- Stephen Anthony Bolton since 2015
- Wendy Eileen Humphreys since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Jamie Groves Chair since 2014
- Ebrahim Kassim Bassa since 2011
- Stephen Anthony Bolton since 2015
- Wendy Eileen Humphreys since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Jamie Groves Chair since 2014
- Ebrahim Kassim Bassa since 2011
- Stephen Anthony Bolton since 2015
- Wendy Eileen Humphreys since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 702427
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/12/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/03/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/04/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/04/2013
- Contact on the register
- 01254680367 · info@bootstrap.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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