The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Watson Family Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1159965 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Uganda

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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

9.2y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5Disability 1Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 7Construction 4Finance 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£145k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

EmailEnquiries@WatsonCharitableTrust.co.uk
Phone01914605219
AddressHadrian Offices, Unit 3, Keel Row, The Watermark, GATESHEAD, NE11 9SZ

Finances

£144,974 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,625£105,210
2022£7,170£45,543
2023£8,889£19,588
2024£10,577£311,253
2025£144,974£167,468

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE FOR SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, INCLUDING BY PROVIDING GRANTS, LOANS OR OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT.3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT A CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 15 Jan 2015

Trustees (6)

6trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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