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The Walsingham College Trust Association LTD

The Walsingham College Trust Association LTD is a registered charity (number 215863) based in Norfolk, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Rev Philip Richard Barnes since 2020. Latest income £3.6m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £3.6m (2024)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Walsingham College Trust Association Limited
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.6m£3.7m
  • 2023£3.2m£3.4m
  • 2022£3.3m£3.1m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.4m£2.1m
  • 2020£5.8m£6.5m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ACT AS TRUSTEE FOR THE COLLEGE OF GUARDIANS OF THE HOLY HOUSE AND SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM

Grants received

2 grants · £642,000 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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

4.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (8)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 8Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Hospitality 7Retail and trade 7Education 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

29.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.5 in 2020

63 from 126 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
215863
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/09/1936AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/06/1948AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/12/1949AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/04/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/06/1960NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/10/2011 as amended on 11 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 00318358 · Active
Contact on the register
01328 824200 · shrineoffice@olw-shrine.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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