Lady Frances Winchcombe's Thatcham Foundation
Registered charity 309045 Registered since 1962
Operates: West Berkshire
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- Revd Canon Mark David Bennet Chair since 2012
- Cllr Ben Schiffer-Harte since 2023
- Dr Robert Geoffrey Tayton
- Erika Joan Tipton
- Gerald Anthony Cowan since 2014
- Rev Nicola Hulks since 2025
- Rev Stephen Mark Newbold since 2024
- Valerie Grace Watts since 2026
5.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Revd Canon Mark David Bennet Chair since 2012
- Gerald Anthony Cowan since 2014
6.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Cllr Ben Schiffer-Harte since 2023
- Erika Joan Tipton
- Gerald Anthony Cowan since 2014
- Rev Nicola Hulks since 2025
- Rev Stephen Mark Newbold since 2024
- Valerie Grace Watts since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Revd Canon Mark David Bennet Chair since 2012
- Dr Robert Geoffrey Tayton
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 8Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.
Education 2Health and social care 1
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.
incomespending£3k latest income
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
- Thatcham Park Church of England Primary School Trust 1 shared trustee
- Biapt (British and Irish Association for Practical Theology) 1 shared trustee
- Moor Meadow Charity 1 shared trustee
- Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust 1 shared trustee
- Oxford Diocesan Board of Education 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council Ofthe Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary, Thatcham 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| clerk.ladywinchcombe@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 07830523460 |
| Address | 7 Wythe Close, Hermitage, THATCHAM, Berkshire, RG18 9WP |
Finances
£2,543 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £2,146 | £669 |
| 2022 | £5,257 | £5,505 |
| 2023 | £2,401 | £4,155 |
| 2024 | £5,491 | £2,600 |
| 2025 | £2,543 | £3,050 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingWho
Children/young PeopleHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
SEE CLAUSE 23 OF SCHEME.
Governing document: SCHEME DATED 2ND SEPTEMBER 1981 AS AMENDED 15TH JULY 1994
Trustees (8)
8trustees
71median age
1aged 70+
- Revd Canon Mark David Bennetage band 60-64 Chair since 2012
- Cllr Ben Schiffer-Harte since 2023
- Dr Robert Geoffrey Taytonage band 75-79
- Erika Joan Tipton
- Gerald Anthony Cowan since 2014
- Rev Nicola Hulks since 2025
- Rev Stephen Mark Newbold since 2024
- Valerie Grace Watts since 2026
Connected charities (10)
- Culham ST Gabriel's Trust 1 shared trustee
- Westcott House 1 shared trustee
- Moor Meadow Charity 1 shared trustee
- Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust 1 shared trustee
- Oxford Diocesan Board of Education 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council Ofthe Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary, Thatcham 1 shared trustee
- Thatcham Park Church of England Primary School Trust 1 shared trustee
- Biapt (British and Irish Association for Practical Theology) 1 shared trustee
- Thatcham Parochial Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
- Thatcham Relief in Need Charity 1 shared trustee
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