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DR Daniel Williams (Commonly Known AS DR Williams's Trust)

DR Daniel Williams (Commonly Known AS DR Williams's Trust) is a registered charity (number 214926) based in London, governed by 16 trustees. Latest income £607k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Dr Williams's Trust, Dr Williamss Charity Dr Williamss Library (Charity Commission)

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £607k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.dwl.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£607k£318k
  • 2024£12m£299k
  • 2023£217k£497k
Earlier years
  • 2022£271k£397k
  • 2021£300k£350k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

PAYMENT OF ú60 A YEAR TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY OF ELIZABETH ROBERTS FOR THE MINISTER AND POOR OF CHESTER STREET CHAPEL, WREXHAM. THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE LIBRARY BELONGING TO THE CHARITY, AND IN THE ACQUISITION OF BOOKS THE CONSERVATION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND PICTURES, THE PUBLICATION OF CATALOGUES, AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF IN THE SAID LIBRARY. PAYMENTS AS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 5(2) OF SCHEME.

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.

20.8y median 17.5y
average tenure
51y
longest tenure
23y
average years in governance
7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 16Religious Activities 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3The 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.

Other services 13Professional services 5Hospitality 3

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£12.4m latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

4
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.
22 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
214926
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 15TH JULY 1910 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF 19TH APRIL 1955, 13TH JULY 1972, 17TH FEBRUARY 1978, 19TH FEBRUARY 1997 AND 19TH FEBRUARY 1997
Contact on the register
02073873727 · enquiries@dwl.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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