The Wixamtree Trust
Registered charity 210089 Registered since 1962
Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford
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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
- Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread Chair
- Arthur Julian George Polhill since 2019
- Harry Francis Whitbread since 2018
- Rupert Heseltine since 2023
- Victoria Rotheroe since 2023
- Vinod Tailor since 2025
4.4y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Arthur Julian George Polhill since 2019
- Harry Francis Whitbread since 2018
16.8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Victoria Rotheroe since 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread Chair
- Arthur Julian George Polhill since 2019
- Harry Francis Whitbread since 2018
- Rupert Heseltine since 2023
- Vinod Tailor since 2025
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 5Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.
Education 2Professional services 2Agriculture 1
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.
incomespending£725k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.
3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.6 in 2021
0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
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
- Colonel W H Whitbread Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Rowney Trust 1 shared trustee
- William Tooley 1 shared trustee
- Wild Life Foundation 1 shared trustee
- Gilchrist Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of ST Paul's Church, Bedford 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.wixamtree.org |
| wixamtree@thetrustpartnership.com | |
| Phone | 02087774140 |
| Address | 6 TRULL FARM BUILDINGS, TRULL, TETBURY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL8 8SQ |
Finances
£725,256 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £693,815 | £1,178,326 |
| 2022 | £508,179 | £936,167 |
| 2023 | £542,784 | £1,165,280 |
| 2024 | £663,029 | £1,004,942 |
| 2025 | £725,256 | £1,373,465 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE SETTLOR, MR HUMPHREY WHITBREAD, SHALL APPOINT AND IN DEFAULT OF APPOINTMENT FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 7TH MAY 1949 as amended on 17 Feb 2023
Trustees (6)
6trustees
66median age
0aged 70+
- Charles Edward Samuel Whitbreadage band 60-64 Chair
- Arthur Julian George Polhill since 2019
- Harry Francis Whitbread since 2018
- Rupert Heseltine since 2023
- Victoria Rotheroe since 2023
- Vinod Tailorage band 65-69 since 2025
Connected charities (9)
- Southill Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
- Gilchrist Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
- Colonel W H Whitbread Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- William Tooley 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of Elstow Abbey 1 shared trustee
- The Rowney Trust 1 shared trustee
- Wild Life Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of ST Paul's Church, Bedford 1 shared trustee
- Peace Child International 1 shared trustee
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