Registered charity · Preston
The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £270k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Animals
- Where
- Cumbria, Lancashire
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£270k£290k
- 2023£258k£286k
- 2022£255k£201k
Earlier years
- 2021£200k£292k
- 2020£280k£353k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO PAY SUCH AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL AND INCOME AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES AS THEY SHALL CHOOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDRE,THE CHURCH,ANIMAL CHARITIES, CHILDRENS CHARITIES AND CHARITIES FOR THE POOR AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION AND IN PARTICULAR THEY SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CHARITIES NAMELY CAT'S PAW BLACKPOOL,ANIMAL RESCUE AT BLEA TARN LANCASTER, THE RNLI BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL, THE DONKEY SANCTUARY, THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HORSES, DR BARNARDOS, LOCAL CHILDRENS CARE HOMES AND THE RSPB LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
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
- Michael Muschamp Chair since 2011
- Christopher Neil Calvert since 2020
- John Child since 2020
- Kathleen Bromilow MBE since 2015
- Kathryn Harwood since 2014
- Palmira Stafford since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Muschamp Chair since 2011
- Christopher Neil Calvert since 2020
- Kathleen Bromilow MBE since 2015
- Kathryn Harwood since 2014
- Palmira Stafford since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Kathleen Bromilow MBE since 2015
Portfolio (5)
- Michael Muschamp Chair since 2011
- Christopher Neil Calvert since 2020
- John Child since 2020
- Kathryn Harwood since 2014
- Palmira Stafford since 2015
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
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
- 1143116
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUSTDEED TRUST DEED DATED 01/04/2011
- Contact on the register
- 01772693111 · michaelm@rushtonsaccountants.com
- 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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