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Map of charities and companies in Cheshire West and Chester
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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 Cheshire West and Chester 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 | Cheshire West and Chester | 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
- Canal & River Trustincome £232.6m · 5 trustees
- University of Chesterincome £154.2m · 23 trustees
- The North of England Zoological Societyincome £63.1m · 16 trustees
- King's Schoolincome £17.8m · 15 trustees
- The Grange School Hartford Limitedincome £17m · 12 trustees
- The Mereside Education Trustincome £11m · 5 trustees
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospiceincome £8.7m · 10 trustees
- Deeside House Educational Trust Limitedincome £7.8m · 10 trustees
- Uk Storyhouse Limitedincome £7.6m · 12 trustees
- The Queen's School Chesterincome £6.7m · 15 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Upton-By-Chester High SchoolSecondary · 1,728 pupils
- Neston High SchoolSecondary · 1,712 pupils
- The Whitby High SchoolSecondary · 1,398 pupils
- Christleton High SchoolSecondary · 1,382 pupils
- Bishop Heber High SchoolSecondary · 1,293 pupils
- The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High SchoolSecondary · 1,253 pupils
- Tarporley High School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary · 1,219 pupils
- Helsby High SchoolSecondary · 1,211 pupils
The council
- Cheshire West and ChesterCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- Countess of Chester Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust
899 charities are registered here; the 865 that report income have a combined income of £657.9m and a median of £15,472. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (72)
Cheshire West and Chester has 72 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 72 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Smith | Labour Party | Blacon |
| Carol Gahan | Labour Party | Blacon |
| Sheila Little | Labour Party | Blacon |
| Karen Louise Shore | Labour Party | Central & Grange |
| Robert Bisset | Labour Party | Central & Grange |
| Ben Walker | Labour Party | Chester City & the Garden Quarter |
| Katrina Kerr | Labour Party | Chester City & the Garden Quarter |
| Paul Chamberlain | Labour Party | Chester City & the Garden Quarter |
| Mark Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | Christleton & Huntington |
| Stephen James Mosley | Conservative and Unionist Party | Christleton & Huntington |
| Stuart Parker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Christleton & Huntington |
| Dan Marr | Conservative and Unionist Party | Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead |
| Gaynor Jean Sinar | Conservative and Unionist Party | Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead |
| Adrian Gerard Waddelove | Conservative and Unionist Party | Farndon |
| Lucy Rebecca Sumner | Labour Party | Frodsham |
| Michael John Garvey | Labour Party | Frodsham |
| Graham Heatley | Conservative and Unionist Party | Gowy Rural |
| Margaret Parker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Gowy Rural |
| Elizabeth MacGlashan | Labour Party | Great Boughton |
| Steve Collings | Labour Party | Great Boughton |
| Matt Carter | Labour Party | Handbridge Park |
| Razia Daniels | Conservative and Unionist Party | Handbridge Park |
| Martin David Loftus | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hartford & Greenbank |
| Patricia Parkes | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hartford & Greenbank |
| Chris Copeman | Green Party | Helsby |
| Alex Tate | Labour Party | Lache |
| Christine Warner | Labour Party | Ledsham & Manor |
| Peter Wheeler | Labour Party | Ledsham & Manor |
| Louise Clare Gittins | Labour Party | Little Neston |
| Rachel Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | Malpas |
| Lynn Gibbon | Conservative and Unionist Party | Marbury |
| Norman Wright | Conservative and Unionist Party | Marbury |
| Phil Marshall | Conservative and Unionist Party | Marbury |
| Keith Millar | Labour Party | Neston |
| Katie Kendrick | Labour Party | Netherpool |
| Adam Langan | Labour Party | Newton & Hoole |
| Gill Watson | Labour Party | Newton & Hoole |
| Richard Mark Beacham | Labour Party | Newton & Hoole |
| Rachel Waterman | Labour Party | Northwich Leftwich |
| Arthur Leslie Neil | Labour Party | Northwich Winnington & Castle |
| Felicity Laura Janet Davies | Labour Party | Northwich Winnington & Castle |
| Sam Naylor | Labour Party | Northwich Witton |
| Martin Trevor Barker | Independent | Parkgate |
| Olwyn Denise Dean | Labour Party | Rudheath |
| Hugo Deynem | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sandstone |
| Simon Eardley | Conservative and Unionist Party | Saughall & Mollington |
| Mark Stocks | Conservative and Unionist Party | Shakerley |
| Kris Fisher | Labour Party | Strawberry |
| Caroline Olwyn Ellis | Labour Party | Sutton Villages |
| Paul Francis Donovan | Labour Party | Sutton Villages |
| Charles Robert Hardy | Conservative and Unionist Party | Tarporley |
| Ted Lush | Liberal Democrats | Tarvin & Kelsall |
| Tom Cooper | Conservative and Unionist Party | Tarvin & Kelsall |
| Mike Jones | Conservative and Unionist Party | Tattenhall |
| Matt Bryan | Labour Party | Upton |
| Sherin Akhtar | Labour Party | Upton |
| Gabrielle Goad | Independent | Weaver & Cuddington |
| Gillian Edwards | Independent | Weaver & Cuddington |
| Lynn Marie Stocks | Conservative and Unionist Party | Weaver & Cuddington |
| Phil Rimmer | Conservative and Unionist Party | Weaver & Cuddington |
| Lisa Valerie Denson | Labour Party | Westminster |
| Jimmy Shannon | Labour Party | Whitby Groves |
| John William Roach | Green Party | Whitby Park |
| Sion Roberts | Conservative and Unionist Party | Willaston & Thornton |
| Mandy Clare | Independent | Winsford Dene |
| Martin David Beveridge | Independent | Winsford Gravel |
| Gina Lewis | Labour Party | Winsford Over & Verdin |
| Stuart John Bingham | Labour Party | Winsford Over & Verdin |
| Tommy Blackmore | Labour Party | Winsford Over & Verdin |
| Simon Laurence Boone | Independent | Winsford Swanlow |
| Nathan Pardoe | Labour Party | Winsford Wharton |
| John Stockton | Labour Party | Wolverham |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 865 largest charities here with trustee data, 261 are linked to at least one other through 210 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.
- Chester Civic Trust and Chester Civic Trust15 shared board members
- The Robert Oldfield Apprenticing Foundation and Educational Foundation of Robert Oldfield7 shared board members
- Consolidated Charities and The Thornton-Le-Moors Educational Foundation7 shared board members
- Chester Parochial Relief in Need Charity and Consolidated Charities6 shared board members
- Charity of Robert Oldfield for The Vicar and for Other Ecclesiastical Purposes and The Robert Oldfield Apprenticing Foundation6 shared board members
- Charity of Robert Oldfield for The Vicar and for Other Ecclesiastical Purposes and Educational Foundation of Robert Oldfield6 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Chester St Pauls with St Lukes and Campbell Memorial Hall5 shared board members
- North Cheshire Methodist Circuit and Wesley Methodist Church5 shared board members
- Cheshire Masonic Covenants Limited and Cheshire Masonic Trustee Corporation Limited5 shared board members
- Royal Chester Rowing Club and Royal Chester Rowing Club Trust4 shared board members
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.