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Map of charities and companies in Blackpool
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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 Blackpool 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 | Blackpool | 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
- Trinity Hospice and Palliative Care Services Ltdincome £14.6m · 16 trustees
- Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Limitedincome £5.3m · 11 trustees
- Homeless Actionincome £3.8m · 5 trustees
- Blackpool Fc Community Trustincome £3.3m · 5 trustees
- Empowerment Charity Lancashireincome £2.5m · 7 trustees
- The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for The Blindincome £2.3m · 8 trustees
- The Boathouse Youthincome £1.9m · 5 trustees
- Fylde Coast Women's Aidincome £1.4m · 7 trustees
- Renaissance-Uk Ltdincome £1.2m · 4 trustees
- Blackpool Carers Centre Limitedincome £1.2m · 6 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Armfield AcademyAll-through · 1,221 pupils
- Montgomery AcademySecondary · 1,192 pupils
- St Mary's Catholic AcademySecondary · 1,188 pupils
- St George's School a Church of England AcademySecondary · 1,038 pupils
- Unity Academy BlackpoolAll-through · 877 pupils
- Blackpool Aspire AcademySecondary · 799 pupils
- Highfield Leadership AcademySecondary · 751 pupils
- Layton Primary SchoolPrimary · 622 pupils
The council
- BlackpoolCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
169 charities are registered here; the 155 that report income have a combined income of £52.8m and a median of £35,915. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (46)
Blackpool has 46 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 46 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Anita Cooper | Conservative and Unionist Party | Anchorsholme |
| Paul David Stuart Galley | Conservative and Unionist Party | Anchorsholme |
| Joel McKevitt | Labour Party | Bispham |
| Paul William Wilshaw | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bispham |
| Tony Warne | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bispham |
| Jim Hobson | Labour Party | Bloomfield |
| Mel Fenlon | Labour Party | Bloomfield |
| Laura Marshall | Labour Party | Brunswick |
| Matthew Charles Thomas | Labour Party | Brunswick |
| Ivan John Taylor | Labour Party | Claremont |
| Katie Helen Donnelli-Hunn | Labour Party | Claremont |
| Lynn Suzanne Williams | Labour Party | Claremont |
| Alistair James Duncan Humphreys | Labour Party | Clifton |
| Paula Ruth Burdess | Labour Party | Clifton |
| Dave Flanagan | Labour Party | Greenlands |
| Jonathan Morgan | Reform UK | Greenlands |
| Julie Elizabeth Jones | Labour Party | Greenlands |
| Kim Elizabeth Critchley | Labour Party | Hawes Side |
| Neal Timothy Brookes | Labour Party | Hawes Side |
| Bradley Curtis Mitchell | Conservative and Unionist Party | Highfield |
| Peter Hunter | Labour Party | Highfield |
| Jo Farrell | Labour Party | Ingthorpe |
| Jon Bamborough | Labour Party | Ingthorpe |
| John Boughton | Labour Party | Layton |
| Kathryn Mary Benson | Labour Party | Layton |
| Jim O'Neill | Reform UK | Marton |
| Sarah Smith | Labour Party | Marton |
| Shaun Richard Brookes | Labour Party | Marton |
| Emma Victoria Ellison | Conservative and Unionist Party | Norbreck |
| Julie Elizabeth Sloman | Conservative and Unionist Party | Norbreck |
| Adrian Sydney Hoyle | Labour Party | Park |
| Gillian Campbell | Labour Party | Park |
| Carl Darren Mitchell | Conservative and Unionist Party | Squires Gate |
| Gerard John Sean Walsh | Conservative and Unionist Party | Squires Gate |
| Graham Baker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Stanley |
| Jason Roberts | Conservative and Unionist Party | Stanley |
| Jane Louise Hugo | Labour Party | Talbot |
| Mark Peter Smith | Labour Party | Talbot |
| Lisette Roe | Labour Party | Tyldesley |
| Portia Webb | Labour Party | Tyldesley |
| Fred Jackson | Labour Party | Victoria |
| Pam Brookes | Labour Party | Victoria |
| Danny Scott | Conservative and Unionist Party | Warbreck |
| Michele Scott | Conservative and Unionist Party | Warbreck |
| Diane Marie Mitchell | Conservative and Unionist Party | Waterloo |
| Simon James Cartmell | Labour Party | Waterloo |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 155 largest charities here with trustee data, 36 are linked to at least one other through 27 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.
- Aiming Higher for The Disabled Community and Aiming Higher for The Disabled Community4 shared board members
- The Trinity Parish and The Fielding Recreational Trust Fund3 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Paul, Marton, Blackpool and Baines Educational Trust, Marton, Blackpool3 shared board members
- Ayup Sultan Trust and Vacare2 shared board members
- Lgbt Charity Uk and Street Angels Uk2 shared board members
- Blackpool Unit 45 Of The Sea Cadet Corps and The Trinity Parish1 shared board member
- Blackpool Unit 45 Of The Sea Cadet Corps and The Fielding Recreational Trust Fund1 shared board member
- Kensington House Trust and The Ma Hawe Settlement1 shared board member
- Blackpool Polar Bears and Blackpool Tiggers1 shared board member
- Claremont First Step Community Centre and Claremont Park Community Centre Cio1 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.