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Wantage Independent Advice Centre

Wantage Independent Advice Centre is a registered charity (number 1161144) based in Wantage, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Graham Beith since 2017. Latest income £225k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Wiac, Vale Community Impact (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £225k (2025)

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
www.vci.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£225k£252k
  • 2024£215k£229k
  • 2023£168k£214k
Earlier years
  • 2022£223k£198k
  • 2021£330k£204k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ISTHE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, FOR ANY REASON INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIAL EXCLUSION' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE;ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHINIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).THE OBJECT WILL BE MET BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AS SET OUT BELOW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VALE OF WHITE HORSE AREA1. AN ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE2. A TRANSPORT SERVICE3. A GOOD NEIGHBOUR SERVICE4. OTHER SERVICES, PROVIDED FROM TIME TO TIME, WHICH ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATED CHARITABLE OBJECTIVE.

Grants received

4 grants · £41,610 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

12 trustees on the board

5.6y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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.

General Charitable Purposes 12Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Amateur Sport 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.

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Retail and trade 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£225k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1161144
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 01 APR 2015AMENDED ON 12 JUL 2018 as amended on 27 Nov 2020
Contact on the register
01235765348 · help@vci.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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