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Map of charities and companies in Lancaster
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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 Lancaster 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 | Lancaster | 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
- Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustincome £10.7m · 10 trustees
- St. John's Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakesincome £8.4m · 13 trustees
- Ascentisincome £6.5m · 7 trustees
- Lancaster University Students' Unionincome £4.9m · 12 trustees
- The Society for Experimental Biologyincome £2.9m · 11 trustees
- The Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearersincome £2.7m · 7 trustees
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Trustincome £2.6m · 6 trustees
- The Christian Trustincome £2.5m · 5 trustees
- Abbeyfield Silverdale Societyincome £2m · 8 trustees
- Cancercare (North Lancashire & South Cumbria)income £1.9m · 11 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademySecondary · 1,755 pupils
- Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary · 1,294 pupils
- Morecambe Bay AcademySecondary · 1,045 pupils
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary · 1,038 pupils
- Our Lady's Catholic CollegeSecondary · 981 pupils
- Bay Leadership AcademySecondary · 726 pupils
- Carnforth High SchoolSecondary · 657 pupils
- Moorside Primary SchoolPrimary · 570 pupils
The council
- LancasterCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
441 charities are registered here; the 422 that report income have a combined income of £84.9m and a median of £18,162. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (66)
Lancaster has 66 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 66 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| David Martin Bottoms | Morecambe Bay Independents | Bare |
| Gerry Blaikie | Liberal Democrats | Bare |
| Kate Sarah Knight | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bare |
| John Wild | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bolton & Slyne |
| Keith William Budden | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bolton & Slyne |
| Paul Morris Newton | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bolton & Slyne |
| Hamish Mills | Green Party | Bowerham |
| Sarah Punshon | Green Party | Bowerham |
| Caroline Jackson | Green Party | Bulk |
| Jack Lenox | Green Party | Bulk |
| Sam Riches | Green Party | Bulk |
| Chris Hanna | Labour and Co-operative Party | Carnforth & Millhead |
| Jackson Stubbs | Labour Party | Carnforth & Millhead |
| Louise Belcher | Labour and Co-operative Party | Carnforth & Millhead |
| Paul Malcolm Gardner | Labour and Co-operative Party | Carnforth & Millhead |
| Dave Brookes | Green Party | Castle |
| Isabella Metcalf-Riener | Green Party | Castle |
| Shelagh McGregor | Green Party | Castle |
| Will Farley | Green Party | Castle |
| Paul Francis Tynan | Green Party | Ellel |
| Sally Ann Shelley Maddocks | Green Party | Ellel |
| James Sommerville | Green Party | Halton-with-Aughton & Kellet |
| Sarah Janet McGowan | Green Party | Halton-with-Aughton & Kellet |
| Catherine Ann Armistead | Labour Party | Heysham Central |
| Susan Meryl Penney | Labour Party | Heysham Central |
| Claire Cozler | Labour and Co-operative Party | Heysham North |
| Roger Timothy Cleet | Independent | Heysham North |
| Catherine Potter | Labour Party | Heysham South |
| Colin Hartley | Labour Party | Heysham South |
| Philip Mark Bradley | Labour Party | Heysham South |
| Grace Russell | Green Party | John O'Gaunt |
| Suhir Abuhajar | Green Party | John O'Gaunt |
| Wilson Colley | Green Party | John O'Gaunt |
| Joyce Pritchard | Liberal Democrats | Lower Lune Valley |
| Peter James Jackson | Liberal Democrats | Lower Lune Valley |
| Gina Dowding | Green Party | Marsh |
| Mandy Bannon | Green Party | Marsh |
| Nick Wilkinson | Green Party | Marsh |
| Andrew Paul Gardiner | Conservative and Unionist Party | Overton |
| John Livermore | Liberal Democrats | Poulton |
| Paul Bernard Hart | Liberal Democrats | Poulton |
| Hilda Jean Parr | Labour Party | Scale Hall |
| Phillip Black | Labour Party | Scale Hall |
| Ruth Colbridge | Labour Party | Scale Hall |
| Andrew Robert Otway | Green Party | Scotforth East |
| Jason Wood | Labour and Co-operative Party | Scotforth East |
| Sophie Louise Maddocks | Labour and Co-operative Party | Scotforth East |
| Abi Mills | Green Party | Scotforth West |
| Tim Hamilton-Cox | Green Party | Scotforth West |
| William Alan Greenwell | Liberal Democrats | Silverdale |
| Anna Sandra Thornberry | Labour Party | Skerton |
| Geoffrey Martin Gawith | Labour Party | Skerton |
| Robert Michael Redfern | Labour Party | Skerton |
| Brett Martin Cooper | Morecambe Bay Independents | Torrisholme |
| Roger Thomas Francis Dennison | Morecambe Bay Independents | Torrisholme |
| Erin Christina Hall | Labour and Co-operative Party | University |
| Maria Deery | Green Party | University |
| Tom Fish | Green Party | University |
| Ross Douglas Hunter | Liberal Democrats | Upper Lune Valley |
| Sue Tyldesley | Green Party | Warton |
| David Whitaker | Labour Party | West End |
| Joanne Lindsey Ainscough | Labour Party | West End |
| Margaret Elizabeth Pattison | Labour Party | West End |
| Chris Harris | Labour Party | Westgate |
| John Robert Hanson | Labour Party | Westgate |
| Matthew David Black | Labour Party | Westgate |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 422 largest charities here with trustee data, 148 are linked to at least one other through 136 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.
- Lancaster Charity and Platten and Benson Almshouse Charity13 shared board members
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School Prizes Charity and Lancaster Royal Grammar School Boarding Charity7 shared board members
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School Prizes Charity and Lancaster Royal Grammar School Charity7 shared board members
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School Boarding Charity and Lancaster Royal Grammar School Charity7 shared board members
- The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Regimental Museum and The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Regimental Museum6 shared board members
- North Lancashire Methodist Circuit and Lancaster Methodist Church5 shared board members
- Alice Cottam Charity and Edward Cottam Charity5 shared board members
- Hornby Village Trust and The Hornby Village Trust4 shared board members
- Lancaster Footlights & Grand Theatre and Lancaster Footlights4 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Bolton Le Sands Carnforth and Thomas Robinson's Charity3 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.