The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Sonning Volunteer Fire Brigade Trust

Registered charity 205223 Registered since 1962

Operates: Wokingham

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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.

5 trustees on the board

8.8y median 9y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 5Religious Activities 5Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£23k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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

Emailmione.john@btinternet.com
Phone01189696057
AddressTHE GABLES, THAMES STREET, SONNING, READING, RG4 6UR

Finances

£22,904 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£18,989£22,615
2021£21,574£24,268
2022£22,658£18,031
2023£22,682£25,822
2024£22,904£23,926

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH, AND NOT PROVIDED OUT OF RATES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS.

Governing document: C.C. SCHEME SEALED 4TH JANUARY 1952

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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