Wisdom Hospice Charity

Registered charity 284894 Registered since 1982

Operates: Kent

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Victoria Webster Chair since 2016
Andrew Gray since 2019
Avis Margaret Brett since 2025
Emma Bowler since 2025
Nigel Christopher John Wright since 2024
Robert Frederick Coleman since 2011
Victoria Naomi Brown since 2024

5.4y median 2y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Victoria Webster Chair since 2016
Andrew Gray since 2019
Robert Frederick Coleman since 2011

8.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Andrew Gray since 2019
Avis Margaret Brett since 2025
Emma Bowler since 2025
Robert Frederick Coleman since 2011
Victoria Naomi Brown since 2024

Portfolio (2)

Victoria Webster Chair since 2016
Nigel Christopher John Wright since 2024

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 7Religious 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 7Arts and leisure 1Construction 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.1m latest income

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.

15.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 19.5 in 2021

22 from 14 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Wisdom Hospice Support 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Frindsbury With Upnor & Chattenden 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Prevent Breast Cancer Similar size; both Health
The Matthew Project Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.fowh.org.uk
Email	info@fowh.org.uk
Phone	01634831163
Address	Wisdom Hospice Charity, Wisdom Hospice, High Bank, ROCHESTER, Kent, ME1 2NU

Finances

£2,124,123 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,386,726	£1,189,483
2022	£1,161,139	£1,235,523
2023	£1,073,282	£1,338,302
2024	£1,412,797	£1,467,040
2025	£2,124,123	£1,768,306

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND THE TREATMENT OF ILLNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH APRIL 1982 as amended on 04 Jul 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees

62median age

1aged 70+

Victoria Websterage band 65-69 Chair since 2016
Andrew Grayage band 60-64 since 2019
Avis Margaret Brettage band 55-59 since 2025
Emma Bowlerage band 40-44 since 2025
Nigel Christopher John Wrightage band 65-69 since 2024
Robert Frederick Colemanage band 70-74 since 2011
Victoria Naomi Brownage band 45-49 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Wisdom Hospice Charity · 01632714 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/04/1982

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Frindsbury With Upnor & Chattenden 1 shared trustee
Wisdom Hospice Support 1 shared trustee

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