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Registered charity · Salisbury

Bishop Wordsworth's Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £83k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire
Website
www.bws-school.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£83k£114k
  • 2024£103k£22k
  • 2023£137k£30k
Earlier years
  • 2022£105k£139k
  • 2021£111k£166k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 THROUGH:(1) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOL;(2) GIVING GRANTS, BURSARIES OR OTHER PAYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED INCLUDING: (A) TO ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN ANY MANNER APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES (INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AT ANY SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER PLACE OF LEARNING); AND (B) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THEM TO ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING OR TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION.

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.

5 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5Religious Activities 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£83k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
309475
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 30 SEP 2021 as amended on 07 May 2024
Contact on the register
01722333851 · bls@bws.wilts.sch.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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