Registered charity · Buckinghamshire
William Harding's Charity
William Harding's Charity is a registered charity (number 310619) based in Buckinghamshire, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Julie Ward.
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 3 more
- Where
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- whardingcharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.2m
- 2024£1.4m£1.1m
- 2023£1.2m£940k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£783k
- 2021£1.0m£712k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS ACCOMMODATED IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY. (B) RELIEF IN NEED. (C) PROVIDING SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR ANY MAINTAINED SCHOOL OR ANY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER EDUCATION IN OR SUBSTANTIALLY SERVING THE TOWN OF AYLESBURY. (D) PROVIDING EXHIBITIONS TENABLE AT ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION OR ANY OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER EDUCATION TO BE AWARDED TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF AYLESBURY. (E) AWARDING MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. (F) AWARDING GRANTS OF MONEY TO BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION. (G) ASSISTING BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE PREPARING FOR ANY PROFESSION BY PROVIDING OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS OR BOOKS OR PAYING FOR FEES. (H) PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING. (J) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO ANY CHARITABLE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION. (K) OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. IF AND SO FAR AS THE INCOME CANNOT BE APPLIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE PROVISIONS THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE SAME FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF AYLESBURY.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Andrew Tusting since 2022
- Elaine Pickering since 2025
- Julie Ward since 2024
- Lennard Maurice Wakelam since 2011
- MR LES Sheldon
- MRS Penni Thorne
- Roy James Collis since 2018
- Susan Hewitt since 2011
- Sherrilyn Bateman since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Lennard Maurice Wakelam since 2011
- Roy James Collis since 2018
- Susan Hewitt since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Elaine Pickering since 2025
- Lennard Maurice Wakelam since 2011
- MR LES Sheldon
- MRS Penni Thorne
- Susan Hewitt since 2011
Portfolio (3)
- Andrew Tusting since 2022
- Roy James Collis since 2018
- Sherrilyn Bateman 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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 310619
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 19 OCTOBER 1978 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 11 OCTOBER 1991.
- Contact on the register
- 01296318501 · doudjag@pandcllp.co.uk
- 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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