The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Wates Family Enterprise Trust

Registered charity 1126007 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

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

General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Education/training 5Disability 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Professional services 38Construction 25Business services 17

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.
2020
2021
2022
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incomespending£1.9m latest income
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.

6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

6 from 3 in 2020
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.

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Contact

Websitewatesgiving.org.uk
Emailtracy.snelling@wates.co.uk
Phone01372861250
AddressWates Family Charities, Wates House, Station Approach, LEATHERHEAD, KT22 7SW

Finances

£1,910,321 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£832,385£688,466
2021£825,836£683,384
2022£1,502,283£1,165,277
2023£1,511,382£1,552,497
2024£1,910,321£1,697,063

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 JULY 2008

Trustees (8)

8trustees
85median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wates Family Enterprise Trust Limited · 06648896 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/07/2008

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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