Registered charity · Norfolk
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
- Rev Philip Richard BarnesChair · since 2020
- Christopher Martin ReadTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sonia Onome DoreTrustee · since 2024
- John Sayer DowningTrustee · since 2019
- Mary Teresa ThorneTrustee · since 2023
- Rev Howard StokerTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Jeremy SheehyTrustee · since 2024
- The Revd Prebendary Graeme RowlandsTrustee · since 2018
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 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £630,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £12,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Rev Philip Richard Barnes Chair since 2020
- Christopher Martin Read since 2022
- Dr Sonia Onome Dore since 2024
- John Sayer Downing since 2019
- Mary Teresa Thorne since 2023
- Rev Howard Stoker since 2024
- Rev Jeremy Sheehy since 2024
- The Revd Prebendary Graeme Rowlands since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Philip Richard Barnes Chair since 2020
- John Sayer Downing since 2019
- The Revd Prebendary Graeme Rowlands since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (8)
- Rev Philip Richard Barnes Chair since 2020
- Christopher Martin Read since 2022
- Dr Sonia Onome Dore since 2024
- John Sayer Downing since 2019
- Mary Teresa Thorne since 2023
- Rev Howard Stoker since 2024
- Rev Jeremy Sheehy since 2024
- The Revd Prebendary Graeme Rowlands since 2018
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
29.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.5 in 2020
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
- 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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