# EMBRACE WIGAN & LEIGH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1082663
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 28, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1082663


## Contact

- **Address:** Embrace Wigan & Leigh, 81 Ribble Road, Platt Bridge, WIGAN, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** WN2 5EG
- **Phone:** 01942233323
- **Email:** embrace@embracewiganandleigh.org.uk
- **Website:** www.embracewiganandleigh.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit: • The relief of those in need because of disability or physical or mental ill-health, including (but not limited to) by the provision of support, advice and information to persons experiencing disability or ill-health and their families and carers; and• The promotion of social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ includes being excluded from society, or parts of society, because of one of more of the following factors: disability, old age, ill health (physical or mental), financial hardship, discrimination or relationship or family breakdown.

**Activities:** To promote the care, welfare, interest, treatment, education and advancement in primarily the Wigan and Leigh area and surrounding districts of people with any form of disability, their families and carers and to provide information, advice, support and personal advocacy.

**Area of benefit:** WIGAN & LEIGH (OR IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT RE-ORGANISAION IN AN EQUIVALENT AREA)




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Lancashire
- Sheffield City
- Wigan



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £782886 | £800937 | £536133 | 27 |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £727118 | £681132 | £554184 | 25 |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £570548 | £554250 | £508197 | 26 |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £502838 | £529188 | £491899 | 18 |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £586487 | £493685 | £518250 | 23 |



## Trustees

- **JOANNE BARROW** (Chair)
- Barend Philip Anthon — appointed June 20, 2024
- Martin John Mellor — appointed April 2, 2025
- Michael Charles Hassall — appointed July 22, 2022
- Sheila Marie Robinson — appointed Jan. 30, 2018
- Tiffany Parsons — appointed Jan. 28, 2026