Registered charity · Salford
The Woodward Trust
To provide to qualifying Ministers of the United Reformed Church and of non-uniting Congregational Churches grants to relieve need, hardship or distress, including annual grants following their retirement, and to make provision for the benefit of...
- 4 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£13k
- 2024£11k£26k
- 2023£11k£247
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£14k
- 2021£10k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
To provide to qualifying Ministers of the United Reformed Church and of non-uniting Congregational Churches grants to relieve need, hardship or distress, including annual grants following their retirement, and to make provision for the benefit of the widows, widowers and dependent children of such Ministers.Qualifying Minister (Minister) means any Stipendiary Minister of Word and Sacraments or Stipendiary Church Related Community Worker (CRCW), working or retired that meets the following criteria: is serving or has served the United Reformed Church or an non-uniting Congregational Church in the area covered by the North Western and Mersey Synods of the United Reformed Church (the area); andhas served in the area for at least 5 years; andis in good standing with their denomination.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Nick Andrews Chair since 2024
- Gordon Walker Bell since 2024
- Peter Butler since 2024
- Walter Houston since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Nick Andrews Chair since 2024
- Walter Houston since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Gordon Walker Bell since 2024
- Peter Butler since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1019820
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 1870 AS AMENDED 1973, 1 NOVEMBER 1991, 21 MARCH 1997 AND 07 NOVEMBER 2007. as amended on 05 Sept 2023 as amended on 29 Apr 2025 as amended on 05 Sept 2023
- Contact on the register
- 08000 903 903 · secretary@woodwardtrust-nw.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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