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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

The Ways and Means Trust Limited

The Ways and Means Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 255074) based in Oxfordshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Andrew Spicer Villars since 2013. Latest income £318k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Greenboro, Greenshoots (Horticultural Therapy Unit), Ways and Means (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £318k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham and more
Website
www.waysandmeans.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Ways and Means Trust Limited
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£318k£304k
  • 2024£304k£324k
  • 2023£321k£319k
Earlier years
  • 2022£329k£313k
  • 2021£356k£335k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL REHABILITATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,868 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,868

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,8682020-08-04
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.

6 trustees on the board

9.2y median 10.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Business services 3Professional services 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£318k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
255074
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND FEBRUARY 1968, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 15TH MARCH 2000.
Companies House
Company number 00926759 · Active
Contact on the register
01491628933 · mail@waysandmeans.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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