Registered charity (CIO) · Harrogate
The Barnes Wallis Foundation
The Barnes Wallis Foundation is a registered charity (number 1157723) based in Harrogate, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £999 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as BWF (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £999 (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.barneswallisfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£999£2k
- 2024£427£2k
- 2023£261£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£256£2k
- 2021£321£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN AERONAUTICAL AND GENERAL ENGINEERING DESIGN, DRAWING UPON AND IN MEMORY OF, THE LIFE AND WORK OF SIR BARNES WALLIS, CBE, FRS, ENGINEER, SCIENTIST AND PHILANTHROPIST, IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) OWNING ARTEFACTS, INVENTIONS, ARCHIVES AND ANY OTHER PHYSICAL MATERIALS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CREATED BY OR RELATING TO SIR BARNES WALLIS AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC, EXHIBITION AND STUDY;(B) COLLABORATING WITH ACCREDITED MUSEUMS AND OTHERS IN THE CONSERVATION, LOAN OR BORROWING, AND EXHIBITION OF SUCH ARTEFACTS, MATERIALS, ETC;(C) ESTABLISHING, IN THE NAME OF THE FOUNDATION, AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTION, AWARDS FOR RESEARCH OR TEACHING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN OR RELATED DISCIPLINES;(D) RESEARCHING AND SUSTAINING THE LOCAL HISTORIES OF THE INVENTIONS OF SIR BARNES WALLIS;(E) AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Caroline Stewart since 2025
- Dr Iain Murray since 2016
- Gerard Carroll since 2014
- Humphrey Wallis since 2014
- Peter D RIX since 2014
- Peter Frank Anthony Hoar since 2022
- Wg Cdr Christopher John Henderson RAF Retd since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Iain Murray since 2016
- Gerard Carroll since 2014
- Humphrey Wallis since 2014
- Peter D RIX since 2014
- Wg Cdr Christopher John Henderson RAF Retd since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Caroline Stewart since 2025
- Dr Iain Murray since 2016
- Gerard Carroll since 2014
- Humphrey Wallis since 2014
- Peter D RIX since 2014
- Peter Frank Anthony Hoar since 2022
- Wg Cdr Christopher John Henderson RAF Retd since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1157723
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 04 Jul 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07889676992 · info@barneswallisfoundation.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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