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Wiltshire Police Benevolent Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £21k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- Where
- Wiltshire
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£7k
- 2024£52k£8k
- 2023£12k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£23k£12k
- 2021£65k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(I) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE FALLING WITHIN THE CLASSES SET OUT IN SUB CLAUSE (IV) OF THIS CLAUSE BELOW BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.(II) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AMONG PEOPLE FALLING WITHIN THE CLASSES SET OUT IN SUB CLAUSE (IV) OF THIS CLAUSE BELOW BY MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES.(III) TO SUPPORT CHARITIES ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE STAFF THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.(IV) THE CLASSES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TO BE BENEFICIARIES OF THE CHARITY ARE: ALL SERVING REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS; WIVES AND FAMILIES OF SERVING REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS; ALL RETIRED REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS IN RECEIPT OF A PENSION FROM THE POLICE SERVICE; WIVES AND FAMILIES OF RETIRED REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS IN RECEIPT OF A PENSION FROM THE POLICE SERVICE; WIDOWS AND CHILDREN IN FULL TIME EDUCATION OF DECEASED REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS; ALL SERVING SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS; WIVES AND FAMILIES OF SERVING SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS; ALL RETIRED REGULAR SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS; WIVES AND FAMILIES OF RETIRED SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS; WIDOWS AND CHILDREN IN FULL TIME EDUCATION OF DECEASED SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS; ALL SERVING POLICE STAFF; WIVES AND FAMILIES OF SERVING POLICE STAFF; ALL RETIRED POLICE STAFF MEMBERS IN RECEIPT OF A PENSION FROM THE POLICE SERVICE; WIVES AND FAMILIES OF RETIRED POLICE STAFF IN RECEIPT OF A PENSION FROM THE POLICE SERVICE; WIVES AND CHILDREN IN FULL TIME EDUCATION OF DECEASED POLICE STAFF MEMBERS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Catherine Roper since 2023
- Clair Cross since 2024
- Geoffrey Smith since 2025
- Guy Elkins since 2025
- Jackie Allen since 2024
- Melanie Rolph since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Clair Cross since 2024
- Geoffrey Smith since 2025
- Guy Elkins since 2025
- Jackie Allen since 2024
- Melanie Rolph since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Catherine Roper since 2023
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1117765
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 3 JANUARY 2007
- Contact on the register
- 01225 256861 · polfed@wiltshire.police.uk
- 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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