The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Searchlight Electric Charitable Trust

Registered charity 801644 Registered since 1989

Operates: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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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.

11y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 3Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Education 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£76k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emaildh@searchlightelectric.com
Phone01612033300
AddressSIDNEY HOUSE, 900 OLDHAM ROAD, MANCHESTER, M40 2BS

Finances

£76,288 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£129,082£74,417
2022£70,212£93,453
2023£28,165£54,043
2024£40,392£117,376
2025£76,288£33,640

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO OR FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF SUCH BODIES, ASSOCIATIONS, OR ORGANSATIONS AS SHALL AT THE DATE OF THE PAYMENT OR APPLICATION BE ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR MAY BE PAID OR APPLIED FOR SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS SHALL BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND THINK FIT UPON SUCH CONDITIONS (IF ANY) AND IN SUCH NAMANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: SETTLEMENT DATED 17T NOVEMBER 1988

Trustees (3)

3trustees
74median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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