Discover BB3Blackburn with Darwen
Map of charities and companies in Blackburn with Darwen
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Blackburn with Darwen and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Blackburn with Darwen | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- School-Led Development Trustincome £19m · 12 trustees
- Westholme School Limitedincome £10.2m · 13 trustees
- Issa Foundationincome £9.9m · 2 trustees
- Newground Togetherincome £8.6m · 6 trustees
- Al-Imdaad Foundation Ukincome £6.2m · 7 trustees
- Blackburn Youth Zoneincome £5.3m · 10 trustees
- Benefit Mankind Ltdincome £4.8m · 2 trustees
- Blackburn U.k. Trustincome £4.5m · 4 trustees
- The East Lancashire Hospiceincome £4.3m · 11 trustees
- The Kay Family Foundationincome £3m · 5 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademySecondary · 1,483 pupils
- Pleckgate High SchoolSecondary · 1,339 pupils
- Witton Park AcademySecondary · 1,243 pupils
- St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnSecondary · 1,051 pupils
- Darwen Vale High SchoolSecondary · 1,039 pupils
- Darwen Aldridge Community AcademySecondary · 1,036 pupils
- Blackburn Central High SchoolSecondary · 1,015 pupils
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolSecondary · 873 pupils
The council
- Blackburn with DarwenCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- East Lancashire Hospitals Nhs Trust
311 charities are registered here; the 281 that report income have a combined income of £133m and a median of £44,612. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (51)
Blackburn with Darwen has 51 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 51 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Aadil Chopdat | Independent | Audley & Queen's Park |
| Amin Kapadia | Independent | Audley & Queen's Park |
| Salim Sidat | Labour Party | Audley & Queen's Park |
| Rana Khan | Independent | Bastwell & Daisyfield |
| Shakeel Choudhry | Independent | Bastwell & Daisyfield |
| Shaukat Hussain | Labour Party | Bastwell & Daisyfield |
| Jackie Floyd | Labour Party | Billinge & Beardwood |
| Tasleem Fazal | Independent | Billinge & Beardwood |
| Waqar Hussain | Independent | Billinge & Beardwood |
| Mahfooz Hussain | Labour Party | Blackburn Central |
| Terri Mahmood | Independent | Blackburn Central |
| Zamir Khan | Labour Party | Blackburn Central |
| Daniel Matchett | Reform UK | Blackburn South & Lower Darwen |
| John Slater | Conservative and Unionist Party | Blackburn South & Lower Darwen |
| Liz Johnson | Labour Party | Blackburn South & Lower Darwen |
| Andy Mahon | Reform UK | Blackburn South East |
| Tony Humphrys | Labour Party | Blackburn South East |
| Vicky McGurk | Labour and Co-operative Party | Blackburn South East |
| Christine Dawson | Reform UK | Darwen East |
| Katrina Louise Fielding | Labour Party | Darwen East |
| Matt Gibson | Labour Party | Darwen East |
| Anthony Nicholas Shaw | Labour Party | Darwen South |
| Bradley Langford | Reform UK | Darwen South |
| Matt Jackson | Labour Party | Darwen South |
| Brian Taylor | Labour Party | Darwen West |
| Janine Crook | Reform UK | Darwen West |
| Stephanie Brookfield | Labour Party | Darwen West |
| Ashley Richard Whalley | Labour Party | Ewood |
| Jim Casey | Labour Party | Ewood |
| John Alan Clayton | Reform UK | Ewood |
| Haroon Khan | Independent | Little Harwood & Whitebirk |
| Mustafa Ali Desai | Labour Party | Little Harwood & Whitebirk |
| Tiger Patel | Independent | Little Harwood & Whitebirk |
| Helen A R Voegt | Reform UK | Livesey with Pleasington |
| Mark Russell | Conservative and Unionist Party | Livesey with Pleasington |
| Paul Marrow | Conservative and Unionist Party | Livesey with Pleasington |
| Damian Talbot | Labour Party | Mill Hill & Moorgate |
| Julie Gunn | Labour Party | Mill Hill & Moorgate |
| Stephen James Hartley | Reform UK | Mill Hill & Moorgate |
| Imran Ahmed | Independent | Roe Lee |
| Phil Riley | Labour Party | Roe Lee |
| Sajid Ali | Independent | Roe Lee |
| Hussain Akhtar | Labour Party | Shear Brow & Corporation Park |
| Muntazir Patel | Independent | Shear Brow & Corporation Park |
| Salma Patel | Labour Party | Shear Brow & Corporation Park |
| Iqbal Masters | Independent | Wensley Fold |
| Maulana Siddiq Patel | Independent | Wensley Fold |
| Quesir Mahmood | Labour Party | Wensley Fold |
| Angela Crane | Reform UK | West Pennine |
| Jean Valerie Rigby | Conservative and Unionist Party | West Pennine |
| Neil Slater | Conservative and Unionist Party | West Pennine |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 281 largest charities here with trustee data, 61 are linked to at least one other through 42 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- Light Trust and Star Community Foundation3 shared board members
- Muslim Welfare Institute and Muslim Welfare International2 shared board members
- Zeenatul Quran and Jamea Darul Huda Sylhet2 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Feniscowles Immanuel and Beatrice Alice Ashcroft Fund2 shared board members
- Re:source Blackburn and Reignite Church2 shared board members
- Re:source Blackburn and Rise Cio2 shared board members
- Feniscowles and Pleasington War Memorial Recreation Ground and Feniscowles and Pleasington War Memorial Recreation Ground2 shared board members
- Blackburn Foodbank and Blackburn with Darwen Food Alliance Cio2 shared board members
- The Rotary Club of Darwen Trust Fund and Rotary Club of Darwen Educational Fund2 shared board members
- Adnan Charitable Trust and Blackburn United Association Football Club1 shared board member
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.