The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Wessex Medical Trust

Registered charity 274839 Registered since 1978

Operates: Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Wiltshire, Poole, Southampton City, Guernsey, Jersey, Bournemouth

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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.

5.5y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Education/training 4Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£565k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 48.6 in 2020

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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

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wesmed.org.uk
Emailenquiries@wesmed.org.uk
Phone07802731973
AddressWESSEX MEDICAL TRUST, MAILPOINT 420, LEVEL B SOUTH ACADEMIC BLOCK, SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 6YD

Finances

£182,120 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,138,945£133,813
2022£336,608£233,480
2023£419,634£347,972
2024£564,798£427,998
2025£182,120£431,838

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MEDICAL PRACTICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 7 NOVEMBER 1977 AND SCHEME OF THE 27 MARCH 1984, VARIED BY SCHEME SEALED 23 SEPTEMBER 1988, RESOLUTION OF 6 APRIL 1990, SCHEME DATED 31 MARCH 1998, RESOLUTIONS DATED 26 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 30 OCTOBER 2009, AND SCHEME 29 JUNE 2010.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

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