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Registered charity · C/o Weightmans Llp

The Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £534k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.bwcf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Barbara Ward Children's Foundation
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£534k£721k
  • 2024£541k£685k
  • 2023£546k£488k
Earlier years
  • 2022£504k£472k
  • 2021£522k£516k
Charitable objects

TO CARRY OUT EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD PRIMARILY IN RELATION TO CHILDREN AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADULTS AND ANY PERSON WHO HAD BEEN ASSISTED BY THE CHARITY AS A CHILD WHETHER FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, OR ANY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

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.

12.9y median 12y
average tenure
25y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

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

Business services 12Finance 4Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£534k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021

0
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1089783
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH MAY 2001, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22ND NOVEMBER 2001
Companies House
Company number 04213963 · Active
Contact on the register
03450739900
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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