Registered charity · East Sussex
The KIT Wilson Trust for Animal Welfare
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.0m (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
- Animals
- Where
- East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex
- Website
- www.kitwilsontrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The KIT Wilson Trust for Animal Welfare
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£1.3m
- 2024£1.2m£1.4m
- 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£956k
- 2021£904k£867k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE WITH REGARD TO WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF VETERINARY CARE, RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND RE-HOMING FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES, ADVICE TO AND SERVICES FOR ANIMAL OWNERS AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT FOR ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITIES.
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
- Colette Helen Marshall Chair since 2011
- Dianne Harding since 2016
- Lois Pearce since 2016
- Rachel Jane Johnson since 2011
- Rosemary Anne Goodsell since 2011
- Vivienne Ross Norman since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Colette Helen Marshall Chair since 2011
- Dianne Harding since 2016
- Lois Pearce since 2016
- Rachel Jane Johnson since 2011
- Rosemary Anne Goodsell since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Colette Helen Marshall Chair since 2011
- Dianne Harding since 2016
- Lois Pearce since 2016
- Rachel Jane Johnson since 2011
- Rosemary Anne Goodsell since 2011
- Vivienne Ross Norman since 2022
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
48.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 47.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1143338
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/07/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07690478 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01825830444 · mail@kitwilsontrust.org.uk
- 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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