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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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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

10.2y median 11y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (5)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Animals 4General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1Recreation 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.

Arts and leisure 3Professional services 2Construction 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£270k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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
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