The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

A W Gale Charitable Trust

Registered charity 267027 Registered since 1974

Operates: West Berkshire, Reading, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, Swindon

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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.

3 trustees on the board

10.5y median 10.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education 1Health and social care 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£15k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01380722211
AddressDAVID OWEN & CO, 17 MARKET PLACE, DEVIZES, SN10 1BA

Finances

£15,076 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,839£17,336
2022£14,336£17,719
2023£14,703£19,853
2024£16,678£18,876
2025£15,076£21,259

What it does

What

DisabilityEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Governing document: WILL PROVED AT WINCHESTER 16TH FEBRUARY 1970 AND COURT ORDER OF 31ST JULY 1973

Trustees (3)

3trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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