Registered charity · Petworth
The Wheelyboat Trust
The Wheelyboat Trust is a registered charity (number 292216) based in Petworth, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by MR A G Scott. Latest income £209k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £209k (2025)
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Who leads it
- MR A G ScottChair
- George Edward Spencer SeligmanTrustee · since 2015
- Ian Thornley OBETrustee · since 2016
- James Ian Leslie MelvilleTrustee · since 2020
- Marcia Early BrocklebankTrustee · since 2019
- MRS P V SeligmanTrustee
- Sarah Elizabeth BuscallTrustee · since 2021
- Simon Derek BarrowcliffTrustee · since 2019
- Zoe Lavinia Beatrice BenyonTrustee · since 2021
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, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.wheelyboats.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Wheelyboat Trust
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£209k£220k
- 2024£252k£242k
- 2023£364k£358k
Earlier years
- 2022£331k£356k
- 2021£339k£284k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED BOATS AND FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OR THERAPEUTIC OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SAID PERSONS BY PROMOTING THE SPORT OF ANGLING OR OTHER WATER-BORNE PURSUITS.
Grants received
9 grants · £80,990 total360Giving 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
- Rank Foundation · £45,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £12,200 (2 grants)
- CHK Foundation · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,040 (3 grants)
- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
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.
9 trustees on the board
- MR A G Scott Chair
- George Edward Spencer Seligman since 2015
- Ian Thornley OBE since 2016
- James Ian Leslie Melville since 2020
- Marcia Early Brocklebank since 2019
- MRS P V Seligman
- Sarah Elizabeth Buscall since 2021
- Simon Derek Barrowcliff since 2019
- Zoe Lavinia Beatrice Benyon since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- George Edward Spencer Seligman since 2015
- Ian Thornley OBE since 2016
- James Ian Leslie Melville since 2020
- Marcia Early Brocklebank since 2019
- Simon Derek Barrowcliff since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- MR A G Scott Chair
- Ian Thornley OBE since 2016
- James Ian Leslie Melville since 2020
- MRS P V Seligman
- Simon Derek Barrowcliff since 2019
Portfolio (4)
- George Edward Spencer Seligman since 2015
- Marcia Early Brocklebank since 2019
- Sarah Elizabeth Buscall since 2021
- Zoe Lavinia Beatrice Benyon since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 292216
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 DECEMBER 1984 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 21 JUNE 1985, 26 MARCH 1996, 13 DECEMBER 2003 AND 17 MAY 2006.
- Companies House
- Company number 01872144 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01798342222 · info@wheelyboats.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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