Registered charity · Shropshire
The Lady Forester Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £209k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- The HON Alice Sophie StokerChair · since 2002
- Charles James Stanbury WhitakerTrustee · since 2017
- Helen Elizabeth Collinson RGNTrustee · since 2003
- Henry William Hugh CarpenterTrustee · since 2004
- Janette StewartTrustee · since 2010
- Katie ThornTrustee · since 2025
- Lord ForesterTrustee · since 2005
- The Lady ForesterTrustee · since 2010
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Shropshire
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£209k£298k
- 2024£240k£213k
- 2023£249k£250k
Earlier years
- 2022£227k£264k
- 2021£229k£189k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM, BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM OTHER SOURCES. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 24 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.
8 trustees on the board
- The HON Alice Sophie Stoker Chair since 2002
- Charles James Stanbury Whitaker since 2017
- Helen Elizabeth Collinson RGN since 2003
- Henry William Hugh Carpenter since 2004
- Janette Stewart since 2010
- Katie Thorn since 2025
- Lord Forester since 2005
- The Lady Forester since 2010
Trustees past 6 years
- The HON Alice Sophie Stoker Chair since 2002
- Charles James Stanbury Whitaker since 2017
- Helen Elizabeth Collinson RGN since 2003
- Henry William Hugh Carpenter since 2004
- Janette Stewart since 2010
- Lord Forester since 2005
- The Lady Forester since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- The HON Alice Sophie Stoker Chair since 2002
- Helen Elizabeth Collinson RGN since 2003
- Janette Stewart since 2010
- Katie Thorn since 2025
- Lord Forester since 2005
Portfolio (3)
- Charles James Stanbury Whitaker since 2017
- Henry William Hugh Carpenter since 2004
- The Lady Forester since 2010
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 241187
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (CHANCERY DIVISION) OF THE 4 APRIL 1957 AND SCHEMES OF 9 JANUARY 1979 AND 8 AUGUST 1995.
- Contact on the register
- 01952884318 · lft@willeyestates.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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