The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Wilberforce Trust

Registered charity 1087065 Registered since 2001

Operates: North Yorkshire, City Of York

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Disability 8Accommodation/housing 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 9Property 8Construction 7

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.5 in 2021

130 from 115 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.wilberforcetrust.org.uk
Emailelliehudson@wilberforcetrust.org.uk
Phone01904760037
AddressThe Wilberforce Trust, Wilberforce House, The Grove, YORK, YO24 1AN

Finances

£5,384,501 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,124,735£3,155,603
2022£3,877,412£3,424,312
2023£4,428,841£3,892,163
2024£5,055,137£4,632,298
2025£5,384,501£4,943,956

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

A) THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL DAY CARE TRAINING AND OTHER FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITIES OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS WHO MAY HAVE PHYSICAL ILLNESSES OR ANY OTHER PHYSICAL DISORDER OR DISABILITY OF MIND ANDB) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISABLED PERSONS IN YORKSHIRE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCATION INCORPORATED 4 JUNE 2001 (CHARITY 220968 IS LINKED BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 96 (5) DIRECTION. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 5 MARCH 2013 as amended on 15 Dec 2020

Trustees (9)

9trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Wilberforce Trust · 04228432 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/06/2001

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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