Registered charity · London
Wise Thoughts
- 5 trustees
- Income £132k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.wisethoughts.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wise Thoughts
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£132k£120k
- 2025£54k£97k
- 2024£84k£99k
Earlier years
- 2023£158k£104k
- 2022£239k£160k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE PRINCIPALLY SOUTH ASIAN ARTS IN SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF UK AND ELSEWHERE, BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS AND BY IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF, THE ARTS, AND THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS/ ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ISSUE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE COMPANY SHALL SEEK: 1. TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS; 2. TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE, ENCOURAGE, AND ASSIST IN THE PRACTICE, PRESENTATION, AND STUDY OF SOUTH ASIAN ARTS; 3. TO BRING FORTH ISSUES RELATED TO HIV/AIDS AND DIVERSE SEXUAL, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES THROUGH ITS CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS 4. TO BRING TOGETHER AND CO-ORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS, SOCIETIES AND INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED OR INTERESTED IN THE ATTAINMENT OF ALL OR ANY OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY.
Grants received
10 grants · £974,127 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £940,206 (7 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £21,900
- The London Community Foundation · £10,821
- Sport England · £1,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Bhavini Chavda Chair
- Benjamin Cohen
- Dr Trevor Wood MBE since 2015
- Professor Rainer Uwe Willy Schulze PhD since 2016
- Vanita Bhavnani since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Trevor Wood MBE since 2015
- Professor Rainer Uwe Willy Schulze PhD since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Bhavini Chavda Chair
- Benjamin Cohen
- Dr Trevor Wood MBE since 2015
- Vanita Bhavnani since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Rainer Uwe Willy Schulze PhD since 2016
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1077616
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST APRIL 1999
- Companies House
- Company number 03758786 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02070704200 · info@wisethoughts.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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