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Registered charity · North Yorkshire

The Wilf Ward Family Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £26m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
Disability, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Leeds City, North Yorkshire, East Riding Of Yorkshire, City Of York
Website
www.wilfward.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Wilf Ward Family Trust
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£26m£28m
  • 2024£26m£28m
  • 2023£23m£24m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£20m
  • 2021£20m£19m
Charitable objects

A) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE LIVES, INDEPENDENCE AND LIFE CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND OLDER PEOPLE RESIDENT PRINCIPALLY IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER AND NORTH EAST REGIONS OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO AS A RESULT OF THEIR ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY RELATING TO THEIR PHYSICAL, LEARNING OR MENTAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS ARE UNABLE TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS OR ACHIEVE THEIR AMBITIONS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SUPPORT OR CARE OR ACCOMMODATION OR ANY COMBINATION OF THESE;B) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE THE ENABLEMENT OF ADULTS RESIDENT IN THAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITH COMPLEX DISADVANTAGES OR BARRIERS TO WORK AND/OR WHO AS A RESULT OF THEIR ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY RELATING TO THEIR PHYSICAL, LEARNING OR MENTAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS ARE UNABLE TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS OR ACHIEVE THEIR AMBITIONS BY THE PROVISION OF:- WORK, EMPLOYMENT, OCCUPATIONS AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY OR AT ITS DIRECTION AND WITH ITS SUPPORT. - TRAINING AND ADVICE, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES;C) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO CARERS THROUGHOUT THAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL, SHORT BREAK, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND OTHER IDENTIFIED SUPPORT NEEDS FOR THE CHILD, ADULT OR OLDER PERSON WITH A DISABILITY;D) THE PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENCE, HEALTH, WELLBEING AND SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IN NEED OF SUPPORT BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT, DELIVERY OF GOODS, OUTINGS AND SOCIAL TRIPS, DOMESTIC / HOUSEKEEPING TASKS AND ANY OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES AS DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; ANDE) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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.

11 trustees on the board

2y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 10Disability 10Economic/community Development/employment 7Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 12Education 7Finance 7

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£25.8m 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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.2 in 2021

870 from 805 in 2021
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.
92%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1140852
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/10/2015
Companies House
Company number 07568318 · Active
Contact on the register
01751474740 · info@wilfward.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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