Registered charity · Dorset
Wessex Branch of the Western Front Association
Wessex Branch of the Western Front Association is a registered charity (number 1142787) based in Dorset, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Martin Geoffrey Willoughby since 2011. Latest income £5k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as WFA Wessex (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £5k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset and more
- Website
- www.wessexwfa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5k£3k
- 2024£3k£3k
- 2023£2k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£1k
- 2021£622£976
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE BRANCH SHALL BE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR WITH PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE, REFERENCE TO THE WESTERN FRONT.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Martin Geoffrey Willoughby Chair since 2011
- Judy Willoughby since 2011
- Marc Thompson since 2011
- Nigel Plumb since 2026
- ROD Arnold since 2011
- Sandra Twyford since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Geoffrey Willoughby Chair since 2011
- Judy Willoughby since 2011
- Marc Thompson since 2011
- ROD Arnold since 2011
- Sandra Twyford since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Martin Geoffrey Willoughby Chair since 2011
- Judy Willoughby since 2011
- Marc Thompson since 2011
- Nigel Plumb since 2026
- ROD Arnold since 2011
- Sandra Twyford since 2011
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142787
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 09/04/2011AS AMENDED ON 09/02/2013
- Contact on the register
- 01929553060
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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