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Wooden Spoon Society

The objects of the Charity (the ?Objects?) are to relieve suffering among and to promote the benefit of children and young people with physical and mental health disabilities and other persons in the British Islands (as defined in the Interpretation...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.8m (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and more
Website
www.woodenspoon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wooden Spoon Society
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£3.8m£4.4m
  • 2025£3.6m£3.2m
  • 2024£3.4m£3.0m
Earlier years
  • 2023£2.9m£2.7m
  • 2022£2.4m£1.5m
Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity (the ?Objects?) are to relieve suffering among and to promote the benefit of children and young people with physical and mental health disabilities and other persons in the British Islands (as defined in the Interpretation Act 1978) and the Republic of Ireland who are in need of assistance by reason of their disability or social, financial or economic circumstances. Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

6.9y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

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 12Professional services 8Arts and leisure 7

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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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£3.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

10.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.2 in 2021

14 from 11 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
326691
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 SEPTEMBER 1984 AS AMENDED 15 DECEMBER 2003, 13 JUNE 2005,18 DECEMBER 2006 AND 10TH OCTOBER 2007. as amended on 22 Mar 2010 as amended on 13 Mar 2014 as amended on 23 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 01847860 · Active
Contact on the register
01252773720 · charity@woodenspoon.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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