Company

Wigan and Leigh Community Charity

Wigan and Leigh Community Charity is an active UK company (number 08528548), incorporated 2013, with 3 current directors including Shaun Glyn Rimmer and Sonya Faye Bithell. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 14

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Helena Birch 2025-2026 Director View profile
Edward Roland Ratcliffe Ellis 2022-2025 Director View profile
Peter Smith 2019-2022 Director View profile
Jacqueline Lowe 2019-2022 Director View profile
Genette Smith 2018-2022 Director View profile
Dr Dane Kevan Anderton 2018-2023 Director View profile
Smethurst, Eunice, Councillor 2015-2023 Director View profile
Carl Sweeney 2015-2019 Director View profile
Shirley Ann Southworth MBE 2013-2015 Director View profile
Barry William Hampson 2013-2019 Director View profile
Bryan Atkinson 2013-2020 Director View profile
Albert Colville 2013-2013 Director View profile
David Edward Baxter 2013-2015 Director View profile
Clodius Ngkienya 2013-2015 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated: 14/05/2013
Also a registered charity: Wigan and Leigh Community Charity

Grants received

11 grants · £728,567 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

Power to Change Trust · £664,853 (4 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £54,941 (5 grants)
Forever Manchester · £8,773 (2 grants)

Most recent

Forever Manchester £2,5002024-11-11
The National Lottery Community Fund £19,5002024-10-11
Forever Manchester £6,2732023-04-24
The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6772022-11-25
Power to Change Trust £430,1602019-06-12

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

3 directors on the board

Sonya Faye Bithell Director · appointed 2022
Kerry Whittle Director · appointed 2022
Shaun Glyn Rimmer Director · appointed 2026

3.2y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Kerry Whittle Director · appointed 2022
Shaun Glyn Rimmer Director · appointed 2026

Portfolio (1)

Sonya Faye Bithell Director · appointed 2022

also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Helena Birch Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Construction 2Professional services 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Company number: 08528548
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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