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Registered charity · Shropshire

William Penny Brookes Foundation

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)
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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.wpbf.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
William Penny Brookes Foundation Limited
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£1k
  • 2024£0£10
  • 2023£0£10
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£263
  • 2021£0£13

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF WILLIAM PENNYBROOKES2 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTOF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES ANDCAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLEINDIVIDUALS.3. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FORRECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITHTHE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUTNOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,923 total

360Giving 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 · £9,923

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9232011-03-10
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.

4 trustees on the board

8.2y median 10.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Accommodation/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.

Education 7Other services 3Hospitality 1

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
incomespendingspending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1138483
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 JUNE 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 SEPTEMBER 2010
Companies House
Company number 07294393 · Active
Contact on the register
01952728388
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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