The Wolfson Family Charitable Trust
Registered charity 228382 Registered since 1966
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- The HON MRS Laura Helen Wolfson Townsley Chair since 1986
- Alexandra Jane Wolfson Halamish since 2013
- Dame Janet Frances Wolfson DE Botton DBE since 1986
- Lord Turnberg MD Frcp since 2007
- Martin Paisner CBE MA LLM since 1979
- SIR Bernard Anthony RIX since 1988
- SIR IAN Gainsford since 2004
- Sir Michael Pepper since 2020
- The HON MRS Elizabeth Wolfson Peltz since 2010
26.8y median 22y
average tenure
47y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- The HON MRS Laura Helen Wolfson Townsley Chair since 1986
- Alexandra Jane Wolfson Halamish since 2013
- Dame Janet Frances Wolfson DE Botton DBE since 1986
- Lord Turnberg MD Frcp since 2007
- Martin Paisner CBE MA LLM since 1979
- SIR Bernard Anthony RIX since 1988
- SIR IAN Gainsford since 2004
- Sir Michael Pepper since 2020
- The HON MRS Elizabeth Wolfson Peltz since 2010
30.9y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Alexandra Jane Wolfson Halamish since 2013
- Lord Turnberg MD Frcp since 2007
- The HON MRS Elizabeth Wolfson Peltz since 2010
Portfolio (6)
- The HON MRS Laura Helen Wolfson Townsley Chair since 1986
- Dame Janet Frances Wolfson DE Botton DBE since 1986
- Martin Paisner CBE MA LLM since 1979
- SIR Bernard Anthony RIX since 1988
- SIR IAN Gainsford since 2004
- Sir Michael Pepper since 2020
2
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 6General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.
Manufacturing 4Business services 1Education 1
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.
incomespending£1.3m 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.
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
5 from 4 in 2021
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.
Related organisations
- The Wolfson Foundation 3 shared trustees
- Janet Wolfson DE Botton Charitable Trust 3 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- Worcester College Oxford Endowment Trust 1 shared trustee
- Hadassah Medical Relief Association U.K. 1 shared trustee
- The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.wolfson.org.uk |
| grants@wolfson.org.uk | |
| Phone | 02073235730 |
| Address | 8 QUEEN ANNE STREET, LONDON, W1G 9LD |
Finances
£1,274,533 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,499,000 | £2,314,000 |
| 2022 | £950,000 | £1,721,000 |
| 2023 | £1,086,343 | £1,691,844 |
| 2024 | £1,199,428 | £1,811,634 |
| 2025 | £1,274,533 | £2,329,039 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION, HAVING SPECIAL REGARD TO MEDICAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND RELIGION.
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 30TH MARCH 1958 AMENDED 9TH DECEMBER 1988 AND 29TH JANUARY 1999
Trustees (9)
9trustees
90median age
2aged 70+
- The HON MRS Laura Helen Wolfson Townsley Chair since 1986
- Alexandra Jane Wolfson Halamish since 2013
- Dame Janet Frances Wolfson DE Botton DBE since 1986
- Lord Turnberg MD Frcp since 2007
- Martin Paisner CBE MA LLM since 1979
- SIR Bernard Anthony RIX since 1988
- SIR IAN Gainsfordage band 95-99 since 2004
- Sir Michael Pepperage band 80-84 since 2020
- The HON MRS Elizabeth Wolfson Peltz since 2010
Connected charities (7)
- The Wolfson Foundation 3 shared trustees
- Janet Wolfson DE Botton Charitable Trust 2 shared trustees
- The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Razumovsky Trust 1 shared trustee
- West END Great Synagogue 1 shared trustee
- The Norman Cohn Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
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