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Who runs things in Bolton

Postcode district BL5 is in Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill ward, Westhoughton, Bolton, Bolton West constituency.

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Schools
147
in Bolton
Charities based here
539
registered in Bolton
Charities working here
817
say they operate in Bolton
Companies
26,517
registered in Bolton
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Schools and their governors

147 schools in Bolton, nearest first.

Westhoughton High School11 governors · Secondary · Community school0.1 mi
Woodland Primary Academy9 governors · Primary · Part of The Quill C of E Trust0.3 mi
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School12 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school0.4 mi
St Thomas CofE Primary School11 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school0.5 mi
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School12 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school0.5 mi
The Gates Primary School11 governors · Primary · Community school0.7 mi
Eatock Primary School10 governors · Primary · Community school0.8 mi
St George's CofE Primary School10 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school0.9 mi
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill11 governors · Primary · Voluntary controlled school0.9 mi
St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton8 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school2.0 mi
Lostock Primary School8 governors · Primary · Part of Leverhulme Academy Church of England and Community Trust2.1 mi
Beaumont Primary School13 governors · Primary · Community school2.1 mi
St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton8 governors · Primary · Voluntary aided school2.1 mi
Rumworth School9 governors · Community special school2.1 mi
Ladybridge High School12 governors · Secondary · Community school2.2 mi

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Charities working in Bolton

iCharities that tell the Charity Commission they operate in Bolton (or its county), wherever they are registered. 482 of the 817 are registered outside the council area. National charities are left out.
Bolton Schoolbased here£35.9m
The Lowry Centre Trustbased elsewhere£30.5m
Birtenshawbased here£28.1m
Manchester International Festivalbased elsewhere£24.2m
Moya Cole Hospicebased elsewhere£15.5m
Manchester Diocesan Board of Financebased elsewhere£14.5m
Salesians of Don Bosco UKbased here£13.5m
We Change Lives (Wcl)based elsewhere£12m
Care Housing Associationbased elsewhere£8.2m
Child Action Northwestbased elsewhere£8m
Groundwork Greater Manchesterbased elsewhere£8m
Expect Ltdbased elsewhere£7.8m

Showing 12 of 817 charities.

Charities based here

539 charities with a registered address in Bolton, largest first. Where a charity is registered is not always where it works.

Amanat Charity Trust5 trustees£71.9m
Bolton School13 trustees£35.9m
Birtenshaw9 trustees · 2 new this year£28.1m
My Space Housing Solutions6 trustees · 3 new this year£21.2m
Onside Youth Zones8 trustees£20.8m
Salesians of Don Bosco UK6 trustees · 1 new this year£13.5m
The Bolton School Bursary Foundation5 trustees£11.9m
Bolton Hospice12 trustees · 2 new this year£7.3m
Bolton Community Leisure8 trustees£6.3m
Birtenshaw Merseyside9 trustees · 2 new this year£5.8m
Octagon Theatre Trust Limited16 trustees · 3 new this year£4.2m
The Onside Foundation3 trustees£4m

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Longest-established companies registered in BL5

iCompanies at shared addresses are left out. Only the postcode district is shown for a company, not its address.
James Booth(Bolton),Limitedsince 1928 · Transport and storage
Alentec Orion Limitedsince 1928 · Manufacturing
William Allen (Bolton) Limitedsince 1940 · Transport and storage
Robert Walsh Limitedsince 1949 · Wholesale and retail trade
Krones Uk Limitedsince 1953 · Manufacturing
M.C. Walker and Sons (Westhoughton) Limitedsince 1955 · Industry not stated

Organisations only. We never search or list people by where they live. Sources, all open data: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL), Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (contains information supplied by OSCR, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0), Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register, Companies House (registered offices), Get Information about Schools and school governor records (England), the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Department of Education school lists, Democracy Club councillor data, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland electoral areas, NHS ODS and the health board websites. Distances are straight-line from the middle of the postcode district. Counts are of what is on the public registers, not a judgement of any organisation.