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Map of charities and companies in Westmorland and Furness
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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 Westmorland and Furness 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 | Westmorland and Furness | 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
- Sedbergh Schools Groupincome £27.1m · 11 trustees
- The Outward Bound Trustincome £17.3m · 12 trustees
- Cumbria Wildlife Trust Ltdincome £13.8m · 9 trustees
- Carlisle Diocesan Board of Financeincome £11.5m · 11 trustees
- The Oaklea Trustincome £10.7m · 6 trustees
- New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Unionincome £6m · 4 trustees
- Hospice of St Mary of Furnessincome £5.6m · 10 trustees
- The Swann Foundation Limitedincome £5.6m · 2 trustees
- Windermere Educational Trust Limitedincome £5.5m · 7 trustees
- Brathay Trustincome £5.4m · 11 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Ullswater Community CollegeSecondary · 1,520 pupils
- Ulverston Victoria High SchoolSecondary · 1,319 pupils
- Furness AcademySecondary · 1,187 pupils
- Queen Elizabeth SchoolSecondary · 1,155 pupils
- Kirkbie Kendal SchoolSecondary · 1,029 pupils
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School PenrithSecondary · 1,026 pupils
- The Queen Katherine SchoolSecondary · 910 pupils
- Dowdales SchoolSecondary · 877 pupils
The council
- Westmorland and FurnessCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Nhs Foundation Trust
1,174 charities are registered here; the 1,136 that report income have a combined income of £223.6m and a median of £13,579. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (70)
Westmorland and Furness has 70 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 70 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Robinson | Independent | Alston and Fellside |
| Michael Timothy Hanley | Labour Party | Alston and Fellside |
| Andy Connell | Liberal Democrats | Appleby and Brough |
| Graham Simpkins | Liberal Democrats | Appleby and Brough |
| Steve Bavin | Liberal Democrats | Bowness and Lyth |
| Vicky Hughes | Liberal Democrats | Burton and Holme |
| Suzanne Mary Pender | Liberal Democrats | Coniston and Hawkshead |
| Ben Shirley | Conservative and Unionist Party | Dalton North |
| Daniel Edwards | Conservative and Unionist Party | Dalton North |
| Dave Taylor | Independent | Dalton South |
| Tony Callister | Labour Party | Dalton South |
| Nicki Vecqueray | Liberal Democrats | Eamont and Shap |
| Lorna Ann Baker | Liberal Democrats | Eden and Lyvennet Vale |
| Neil McCall | Liberal Democrats | Eden and Lyvennet Vale |
| Andy Hull | Liberal Democrats | Grange and Cartmel |
| Jenny Boak | Liberal Democrats | Grange and Cartmel |
| Pete Endsor | Liberal Democrats | Grange and Cartmel |
| Tim Bloomer | Liberal Democrats | Grange and Cartmel |
| Judith Margaret Derbyshire | Liberal Democrats | Greystoke and Ullswater |
| Hazel Edwards | Reform UK | Hawcoat and Newbarns |
| Les Hall | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hawcoat and Newbarns |
| Niyall Allister Phillips | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hawcoat and Newbarns |
| Roy Worthington | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hawcoat and Newbarns |
| Colin Atkinson | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hesket and Lazonby |
| Hilary Frances Carrick | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hesket and Lazonby |
| Matt Brereton | Conservative and Unionist Party | High Furness |
| Eamonn Matthew Hennessy | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Castle |
| Helen Ngaire Ladhams | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Castle |
| Matt Severn | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Highgate |
| Phil Dixon | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Highgate |
| Jonathan Cornthwaite | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Nether |
| Shirley Amelia Evans | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Nether |
| Doug Rathbone | Liberal Democrats | Kendal South |
| Jonathan Richard Brook | Liberal Democrats | Kendal South |
| Giles Charles Archibald | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Strickland and Fell |
| Peter Thornton | Liberal Democrats | Kendal Strickland and Fell |
| Helen Elizabeth Chaffey | Liberal Democrats | Kent Estuary |
| Rupert James Audland | Liberal Democrats | Kent Estuary |
| Adrian Waite | Liberal Democrats | Kirkby Stephen and Tebay |
| John Stephen Murray | Liberal Democrats | Kirkby Stephen and Tebay |
| Phil Dew | Conservative and Unionist Party | Kirkby Stephen and Tebay |
| Janet Mary Battye | Liberal Democrats | Levens and Crooklands |
| Ben Cooper | Conservative and Unionist Party | Low Furness |
| Anne Burns | Labour Party | Old Barrow and Hindpool |
| Dave Cassidy | Labour Party | Old Barrow and Hindpool |
| Kevin Robert Hamilton | Labour Party | Old Barrow and Hindpool |
| Margaret Ann Thomson | Labour Party | Old Barrow and Hindpool |
| Beverly Ann Morgan | Labour Party | Ormsgill and Parkside |
| Bill McEwan | Labour Party | Ormsgill and Parkside |
| Derek Brook | Labour Party | Ormsgill and Parkside |
| Mark Brian Rudhall | Liberal Democrats | Penrith North |
| Patricia Anne Bell | Liberal Democrats | Penrith North |
| Barbara Jayson | Liberal Democrats | Penrith South |
| Mike Eyles | Liberal Democrats | Penrith South |
| Virginia Christie Taylor | Liberal Democrats | Penrith South |
| Andy Coles | Labour Party | Risedale and Roosecote |
| Jane Amelia Murphy | Labour Party | Risedale and Roosecote |
| Trevor Alan Biggins | Labour Party | Risedale and Roosecote |
| Hazel Margaret Hodgson | Liberal Democrats | Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale |
| Ian David Mitchell | Liberal Democrats | Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale |
| Helen Irving | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ulverston |
| Jackie Drake | Labour Party | Ulverston |
| Judy Filmore | Green Party | Ulverston |
| Ali Jama | Liberal Democrats | Upper Kent |
| Anita Gwendoline Husband | Labour Party | Walney Island |
| Frank Cassidy | Labour Party | Walney Island |
| Thérèse Assouad | Labour Party | Walney Island |
| Andrew Guy Jarvis | Liberal Democrats | Windermere and Ambleside |
| Dyan Jones | Liberal Democrats | Windermere and Ambleside |
| William Clark | Liberal Democrats | Windermere and Ambleside |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 1136 largest charities here with trustee data, 459 are linked to at least one other through 417 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.
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St James Arnside and Storth Village Church and Charity of Annie Pickering11 shared board members
- The Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Foundation - Choral Society Bursary Fund and Thompson Educational Foundation10 shared board members
- The Barwick Estate Charity and The Barwick Educational Foundation10 shared board members
- The Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Foundation - Choral Society Bursary Fund and Kirkby Stephen Grammar School9 shared board members
- The Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Foundation - Choral Society Bursary Fund and Hewetson Bursaries Fund9 shared board members
- Thompson Educational Foundation and Kirkby Stephen Grammar School9 shared board members
- Thompson Educational Foundation and Hewetson Bursaries Fund9 shared board members
- The Combined Dent Charity and The Charity of Lawrence Bankes9 shared board members
- The Combined Dent Charity and Lea Yeat (Otherwise Cowgill Institute)9 shared board members
- The Charity of Lawrence Bankes and Lea Yeat (Otherwise Cowgill Institute)9 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.