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
- Keith RamsayChair · since 2025
- Alexander Roydon TriggTrustee · since 2023
- Alison HallTrustee · since 2026
- Emma Jane RichmanTrustee · since 2026
- Ian Michael HowardTrustee · since 2025
- Ian Peter CampbellTrustee · since 2026
- Josephine Mary MennellTrustee · since 2020
- Marianne Dairion BettsTrustee · since 2021
- Oliver Edward CollingTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Rachel Emma WicaksonoTrustee · since 2024
- Stella Margaret CheethamTrustee · since 2025
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
- Keith Ramsay Chair since 2025
- Alexander Roydon Trigg since 2023
- Alison Hall since 2026
- Emma Jane Richman since 2026
- Ian Michael Howard since 2025
- Ian Peter Campbell since 2026
- Josephine Mary Mennell since 2020
- Marianne Dairion Betts since 2021
- Oliver Edward Colling since 2023
- Professor Rachel Emma Wicaksono since 2024
- Stella Margaret Cheetham since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Josephine Mary Mennell since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alexander Roydon Trigg since 2023
- Alison Hall since 2026
- Ian Michael Howard since 2025
- Marianne Dairion Betts since 2021
- Oliver Edward Colling since 2023
- Professor Rachel Emma Wicaksono since 2024
- Stella Margaret Cheetham since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Keith Ramsay Chair since 2025
- Emma Jane Richman since 2026
- Ian Peter Campbell since 2026
- Josephine Mary Mennell since 2020
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.2 in 2021
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
- 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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