THE WINDSOR LEADERSHIP TRUST
Registered charity 1048589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Leadership development programmes for senior leaders of private, public and charitable sector organisations.
Objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
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Registered contact address: Windsor and Maidenhead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a surplus of £59,025 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £1,847,050. Free reserves stood at £679,863, which the trustees confirmed was within their target range of maintaining six months of core operating costs. The auditor issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: minimum of 6 months of core operating costs (held: £680k)
“The charity aims to maintain free reserves equivalent to a minimum of 6 months of core operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 180
- Government income: £306,577 — contracts £301,577 (53), grants £5,000 (1); 17% of the £1,847,050 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£80,001–£90,000: 3; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 166
- Government income: £477,491 — contracts £472,491 (58), grants £5,000 (1); 29% of the £1,665,731 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£70,001–£80,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 131
- Government income: £417,815 — contracts £412,815 (54), grants £5,000 (1); 27% of the £1,558,509 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£52k
Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
- Helen Boadenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Amanda Salloum
- Dame Martina Milburn
- David Gregson
- Dr Aigbokai Ohiwerei
- Major General Peter Rowell · trustee of 1 other charity
- Major General William Stewart Codrington Wright
- Marina Griffin
- Mark Hews
- Matthew Rycroft · trustee of 1 other charity
- Shabir Randeree
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Windsor And Maidenhead
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE WINDSOR LEADERSHIP TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £59,025 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £1,847,050. Free reserves stood at £679,863, which the trustees confirmed was within their target range of maintaining six months of core operating costs. The auditor issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.
Who funds THE WINDSOR LEADERSHIP TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WINDSOR LEADERSHIP TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE GREGSON FAMILY FOUNDATION.
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