Registered charity · Welwyn Garden City
Willow Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £3.9m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard KingChair
- David Waddington MA RAFTrustee · since 2015
- Glyn Derek TaylorTrustee · since 2019
- Jack Matthew WrigglesworthTrustee · since 2025
- James David NewmanTrustee · since 2024
- Martin John RyanTrustee · since 2020
- Paul PhedonTrustee · since 2023
- Sangita Vadilal Manilal ShahTrustee · since 2024
- Vanessa SteelTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.willowfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Willow Foundation
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£3.9m£4.0m
- 2023£3.4m£3.5m
- 2022£2.9m£2.7m
Earlier years
- 2021£2.3m£2.2m
- 2020£2.2m£2.1m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 40 AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS ILLNESS OR HANDICAP BY THE FUNDING AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.
Grants received
3 grants · £6,126 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 · £4,876
- SHAREGIFT · £1,000
- CareTech foundation · £250
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Richard King Chair
- David Waddington MA RAF since 2015
- Glyn Derek Taylor since 2019
- Jack Matthew Wrigglesworth since 2025
- James David Newman since 2024
- Martin John Ryan since 2020
- Paul Phedon since 2023
- Sangita Vadilal Manilal Shah since 2024
- Vanessa Steel since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- David Waddington MA RAF since 2015
- Glyn Derek Taylor since 2019
- Martin John Ryan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Richard King Chair
- David Waddington MA RAF since 2015
- Glyn Derek Taylor since 2019
- Jack Matthew Wrigglesworth since 2025
- James David Newman since 2024
- Martin John Ryan since 2020
- Paul Phedon since 2023
- Sangita Vadilal Manilal Shah since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Vanessa Steel since 2021
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
8.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.4 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106746
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/08/2004NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20/02/2013 as amended on 04 Jul 2022 as amended on 03 Feb 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 05207070 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01707259777 · info@willowfoundation.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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