Registered charity (CIO) · Somerset
Wivey Cares
- 8 trustees
- Income £60k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher Alan HoweChair · since 2022
- Beverly Anne ShawTrustee · since 2022
- David PattersonTrustee · since 2019
- Jennifer Elizabeth Carey-WoodTrustee · since 2026
- Margaret Alwyn BrowningTrustee · since 2025
- Mark BlakerTrustee · since 2023
- Paul Andrew HarrisonTrustee · since 2025
- Valeria CootsTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.wiveycares.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£60k£41k
- 2024£23k£37k
- 2023£44k£54k
Earlier years
- 2022£62k£33k
- 2021£33k£16k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY OFFERING BEFRIENDING SERVICES IN WIVELISCOMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO THE ELDERLY WHO MAY BE LONELY, BY SUPPORTING THEM IN ACCESSING PUBLIC SERVICES OR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
Grants received
15 grants · £74,433 total360Giving 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
- Somerset Community Foundation · £49,933 (12 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,500 (2 grants)
- Allen Lane Foundation · £6,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Christopher Alan Howe Chair since 2022
- Beverly Anne Shaw since 2022
- David Patterson since 2019
- Jennifer Elizabeth Carey-Wood since 2026
- Margaret Alwyn Browning since 2025
- Mark Blaker since 2023
- Paul Andrew Harrison since 2025
- Valeria Coots since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Patterson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher Alan Howe Chair since 2022
- Beverly Anne Shaw since 2022
- David Patterson since 2019
- Jennifer Elizabeth Carey-Wood since 2026
- Margaret Alwyn Browning since 2025
- Mark Blaker since 2023
- Paul Andrew Harrison since 2025
- Valeria Coots since 2024
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.
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
- 1183575
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 24 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07508331661 · co-ordinator@wiveycares.net
- 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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