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Map of charities and companies in Oadby and Wigston
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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 Oadby and Wigston 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 | Oadby and Wigston | 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
- The Institution of Occupational Safety and Healthincome £18.3m · 10 trustees
- Action Homeless (Leicester) Limitedincome £5m · 8 trustees
- Fareshare Midlandsincome £4.4m · 10 trustees
- Gingerbread Cottage Playgroupincome £947,113 · 4 trustees
- Menphys Limitedincome £642,776 · 9 trustees
- Hope Community Churchincome £607,881 · 6 trustees
- Leicester South Foodbankincome £516,067 · 7 trustees
- Oadby Community Hubincome £477,215 · 3 trustees
- Helping Hands Community Trustincome £456,135 · 7 trustees
- Poplars Groupincome £434,963 · 5 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Beauchamp CollegeSecondary · 2,309 pupils
- Wigston AcademySecondary · 1,286 pupils
- Manor High SchoolSecondary · 941 pupils
- Gartree High SchoolSecondary · 924 pupils
- South Wigston High SchoolSecondary · 730 pupils
- Launde Primary SchoolPrimary · 600 pupils
- Parkland Primary School South WigstonPrimary · 549 pupils
- Woodland Grange Primary SchoolPrimary · 490 pupils
The council
- Oadby and WigstonCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
116 charities are registered here; the 106 that report income have a combined income of £35.4m and a median of £11,793. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (26)
Oadby and Wigston has 26 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 26 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Kaufman | Liberal Democrats | Oadby Brocks Hill |
| Mohammed Latif Darr | Liberal Democrats | Oadby Brocks Hill |
| Kamal Ghattoraya | Conservative and Unionist Party | Oadby Grange |
| Naveed Alam | Conservative and Unionist Party | Oadby Grange |
| Priti Joshi | Conservative and Unionist Party | Oadby Grange |
| Ian Keith Ridley | Liberal Democrats | Oadby St Peter's |
| Jasvir Kaur Chohan | Liberal Democrats | Oadby St Peter's |
| Rupa Joshi | Conservative and Unionist Party | Oadby Uplands |
| Samia Zuffar Haq | Liberal Democrats | Oadby Uplands |
| Dean Adam Gamble | Liberal Democrats | Oadby Woodlands |
| Santokh Singh Athwal | Liberal Democrats | Oadby Woodlands |
| Carl Andrew Melvin Walter | Liberal Democrats | South Wigston |
| Richard Edward Rue Morris | Liberal Democrats | South Wigston |
| Rosemarie Helen Adams | Liberal Democrats | South Wigston |
| Gary Glendon Hunt | Liberal Democrats | Wigston All Saints |
| Lee Andrew Bentley | Liberal Democrats | Wigston All Saints |
| Michael Henry Charlesworth | Liberal Democrats | Wigston All Saints |
| Bill Boulter | Liberal Democrats | Wigston Fields |
| Carl James Richard Martin | Liberal Democrats | Wigston Fields |
| Kevin John Loydall | Liberal Democrats | Wigston Fields |
| Colin Spencer Gore | Conservative and Unionist Party | Wigston Meadowcourt |
| John Keith Ford | Conservative and Unionist Party | Wigston Meadowcourt |
| Liz Darling | Conservative and Unionist Party | Wigston Meadowcourt |
| Clare Denise Kozlowski | Liberal Democrats | Wigston St Wolstan's |
| Frank Stephen Broadley | Liberal Democrats | Wigston St Wolstan's |
| Linda Margaret Broadley | Liberal Democrats | Wigston St Wolstan's |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 106 largest charities here with trustee data, 14 are linked to at least one other through 12 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 Wigston Relief in Need Charity and The Elizabeth Clarke Relief in Need Fund6 shared board members
- The Wigston Relief in Need Charity and Norton, Salisbury and Brailsford Educational Foundation6 shared board members
- The Elizabeth Clarke Relief in Need Fund and Norton, Salisbury and Brailsford Educational Foundation6 shared board members
- Hope Community Church and Hope Community Church2 shared board members
- Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society and The Leicestershire and Rutland Mark Benevolent Fund1 shared board member
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Oadby and The Oadby Educational Foundation1 shared board member
- Wigston Framework Knitters Museum Cio and The Wigston Relief in Need Charity1 shared board member
- Wigston Framework Knitters Museum Cio and The Elizabeth Clarke Relief in Need Fund1 shared board member
- Wigston Framework Knitters Museum Cio and Norton, Salisbury and Brailsford Educational Foundation1 shared board member
- The Old Wyggestonian 2010 Charitable Trust and Old Wyggestonian Association - The Wilshere Fund1 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.