Registered charity · Bedford
The Vauxhall Welfare Fund
- 10 trustees
- Income £24k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gary ReayTrustee · since 2026
- James Lorrie KennedyTrustee · since 2026
- John FulcherTrustee · since 2021
- Lesley ElliottTrustee · since 2015
- Leslie James John TurtonTrustee · since 2025
- Peter DurhamTrustee · since 2022
- Richard Edward PenningtonTrustee · since 2026
- Richard Peter HayTrustee · since 2021
- Vikas KhareTrustee · since 2015
- Wendy WormallTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.vauxhallwelfarefund.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24k£203k
- 2024£23k£119k
- 2023£21k£122k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£76k
- 2021£14k£32k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3. OBJECTSTHE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS:3.1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE:3.1.1 CURRENT OR FORMER STAFF OF VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED; 3.1.2 CURRENT OR FORMER STAFF OF IBC VEHICLES LIMITED;3.1.3 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF EITHER AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED COMPANY NO. 2263622) AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE LIMITED (REGISTERED COMPANY NO. 2263622) WHO BOTH:(A) LEFT VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED OR BEDFORD COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LIMITED ON 23 NOVEMBER 1981; AND(B) WHO WERE AGED 50 OR OVER WITH TEN YEARS’ SERVICE OF VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED ON 23 NOVEMBER 1981;AND3.1.4 THE DEPENDANTS, SPOUSES, COHABITEES, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS OF SUCH PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN CLAUSE 3.1.1, 3.1.2 OR 3.1.3; AND3.1.5 IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES (IN RELATION TO WHICH A SPECIAL MAJORITY OF 75% OF THE NUMBER OF TRUSTEES IN OFFICE FOR THE TIME BEING SHALL BE REQUIRED) SUCH OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WITH A CONNECTION TO VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, SPOUSES, COHABITEES, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Gary Reay since 2026
- James Lorrie Kennedy since 2026
- John Fulcher since 2021
- Lesley Elliott since 2015
- Leslie James John Turton since 2025
- Peter Durham since 2022
- Richard Edward Pennington since 2026
- Richard Peter Hay since 2021
- Vikas Khare since 2015
- Wendy Wormall since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Lesley Elliott since 2015
- Vikas Khare since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Gary Reay since 2026
- James Lorrie Kennedy since 2026
- John Fulcher since 2021
- Lesley Elliott since 2015
- Leslie James John Turton since 2025
- Peter Durham since 2022
- Richard Edward Pennington since 2026
- Richard Peter Hay since 2021
- Vikas Khare since 2015
- Wendy Wormall since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1039844
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 29 JUN 1994AS AMENDED ON 17 MAR 1995AS AMENDED ON 08 FEB 2006AS AMENDED ON 12 JUL 2006AS AMENDED ON 08 JUL 2009AS AMENDED ON 23 NOV 2018AS AMENDED ON 10 JUL 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07460 171 565 · vauxhallwelfare@vwcharity.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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