Registered charity · Worcester
Wildgoose Rural Training
Wildgoose Rural Training is a registered charity (number 1142201) based in Worcester, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
4.1 The Company's objects are principally for the benefit of the community:- 4.1.1 To provide or assist in the provision of services in the interests of social welfare for work or leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such services...
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
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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
- Education/training, Disability, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Worcestershire
- Website
- www.wildgooseruraltraining.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wildgoose Rural Training
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.1m
- 2024£885k£850k
- 2023£696k£654k
Earlier years
- 2022£494k£441k
- 2021£392k£340k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 73%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1 The Company's objects are principally for the benefit of the community:- 4.1.1 To provide or assist in the provision of services in the interests of social welfare for work or leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such services by reason of their age, ability or social circumstances within the object of improving their conditions of life 4.1.2 To advance the education of the beneficiaries, in particular, through the provision of training and experience in land based and practical skills 4.1.3 To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the community in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society. 4.1.4 To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and access to open space and engage, advance and educate the public in these matters 4.1.5 such other charitable purposes as determined by the Board from time to time. [Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.]
Grants received
11 grants · £610,136 total360Giving 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 · £458,486 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £94,400
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £52,250 (2 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Antony Barletta since 2025
- Brian Boswell since 2023
- David Frank Saunders since 2017
- Geoffrey Sansome since 2021
- Helen Montgomery since 2022
- Lynn Cartwright since 2024
- Moira Terrett since 2019
- Stuart Charles Brown since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- David Frank Saunders since 2017
- Moira Terrett since 2019
- Stuart Charles Brown since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Antony Barletta since 2025
- David Frank Saunders since 2017
- Helen Montgomery since 2022
- Lynn Cartwright since 2024
- Moira Terrett since 2019
- Stuart Charles Brown since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Brian Boswell since 2023
- Geoffrey Sansome since 2021
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
4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142201
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/05/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/07/2011 as amended on 16 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 07390338 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01905 620840 · enquiry@wgrt.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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