Registered charity · Surrey
Whitgiftian Benevolent Society
- 15 trustees
- Income £45k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Abdul Aziz MirTrustee · since 2022
- Andreas Constantine DracoulisTrustee · since 2017
- Andrew Russell PickeringTrustee
- Christer OdegaardTrustee · since 2014
- Dominic John EdwardsTrustee · since 2019
- Fergus Alexander Paul MccombieTrustee
- MR Mark AllansonTrustee
- Nicholas David SomersTrustee · since 2013
- Niyaz Mehboob Mohamedali HajiTrustee · since 2024
- Richard Charles BlundellTrustee · since 2022
- Richard David Carr HunterTrustee · since 2025
- Ross James GoodersonTrustee · since 2016
- Russell Jahangir KalamTrustee · since 2026
- Simon Anthony HughesTrustee · since 2026
- Simon James MorrisTrustee · since 2025
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45k£32k
- 2024£49k£52k
- 2023£46k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£42k£25k
- 2021£40k£29k
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED OLD WHITGIFTIANS, MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING AND OTHER STAFF OF WHITGIFT SCHOOL, STAFF OF THE OLD WHITGIFTIAN ASSOCIATION, THEIR WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR OTHER DEPENDANTS, PRESENT WHITGIFTIANS, AND ANY OTHER DISTRESSED PERSONS WITH A CONNECTION WITH WHITGIFT SCHOOL WHICH THE COMMITTEE IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CONSIDERS ENABLES THEM TO BE ENTITLED TO BE BENEFITED BY THE SOCIETY
Board analysis for researchers
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Abdul Aziz Mir since 2022
- Andreas Constantine Dracoulis since 2017
- Andrew Russell Pickering
- Christer Odegaard since 2014
- Dominic John Edwards since 2019
- Fergus Alexander Paul Mccombie
- MR Mark Allanson
- Nicholas David Somers since 2013
- Niyaz Mehboob Mohamedali Haji since 2024
- Richard Charles Blundell since 2022
- Richard David Carr Hunter since 2025
- Ross James Gooderson since 2016
- Russell Jahangir Kalam since 2026
- Simon Anthony Hughes since 2026
- Simon James Morris since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Andreas Constantine Dracoulis since 2017
- Christer Odegaard since 2014
- Dominic John Edwards since 2019
- Nicholas David Somers since 2013
- Ross James Gooderson since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Abdul Aziz Mir since 2022
- Andreas Constantine Dracoulis since 2017
- Andrew Russell Pickering
- Christer Odegaard since 2014
- Dominic John Edwards since 2019
- Fergus Alexander Paul Mccombie
- MR Mark Allanson
- Niyaz Mehboob Mohamedali Haji since 2024
- Richard Charles Blundell since 2022
- Richard David Carr Hunter since 2025
- Ross James Gooderson since 2016
- Russell Jahangir Kalam since 2026
- Simon Anthony Hughes since 2026
- Simon James Morris since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Nicholas David Somers since 2013
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
- 210978
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 30/04/1958AS AMENDED ON 09/05/1973AS AMENDED ON 14/05/1975AS AMENDED ON 12/05/1976AS AMENDED ON 11/05/1977AS AMENDED ON 06/05/1981AS AMENDED ON 04/05/1983AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2000AS AMENDED ON 27/07/2013AS AMENDED ON 26/07/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07956950052 · nick.somers@oldwhits.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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