WIGAN & LEIGH CARERS CENTRE

Registered charity 1138908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CARERS OF ALL AGES HELPING THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR WELL BEING AND LIVE A LIFE OF THEIR CHOOSING.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE CARERS IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIGAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA PARTICULARITY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR ADVICE, ADVOCACY, SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: WIGAN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £1,541 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £183,465. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07293521

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BUDD, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 13/07/2026on trustee list
• RUSHWORTH CLAEYS, Jennifer — director, appointed 18/05/2026not on trustee list
• MARSH, Victoria Jayne — director, appointed 10/10/2022on trustee list
• HUMPHRIES, Philip — director, appointed 31/12/2016on trustee list
• WALTON, Paul Steven — director, appointed 09/01/2012on trustee list
• ASPIN, Christine Louise — secretary, appointed 01/12/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP HUMPHRIESchair
• Elizabeth Anne Budd
• Jennifer Rushworth Claeys
• PAUL WALTON
• Victoria Jayne Marsh

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).