THE WILBERFORCE TRUST

Registered charity 1087065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of tenanted accommodation,support staff, training & rehabilitation services, learning & social activities for children & adults. Equipment training & provision including, Information technology devices. Comprehensive advice and guidance, living with visual impairment including other disabilities specialist training for care workers, companies & other services. Community services.

Objects

A) THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL DAY CARE TRAINING AND OTHER FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITIES OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS WHO MAY HAVE PHYSICAL ILLNESSES OR ANY OTHER PHYSICAL DISORDER OR DISABILITY OF MIND ANDB) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISABLED PERSONS IN YORKSHIRE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: IN YORKSHIRE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on operations of £441k and reported total unrestricted general funds of £4.2m at year-end. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £1m, providing adequate security for the Trust.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HPH Chartered Accountants. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04228432

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wilberforce Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LESLIE, Stuart James — director, appointed 03/02/2026on trustee list
• HOGSTON, Susan Maureen — director, appointed 13/01/2026on trustee list
• ARIF, Nafees — director, appointed 13/01/2026on trustee list
• SHANKS, Christopher Raymond — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• WALLACE, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 23/07/2024on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Kate — director, appointed 23/07/2024on trustee list
• MWANGI, Anne Wanjiru — director, appointed 19/01/2021on trustee list
• ANELAY, Charles Thomas — director, appointed 03/06/2020on trustee list
• ASPINALL, Colin Paul — director, appointed 27/03/2017on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Emma — secretary, appointed 15/06/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £400k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Wilberforce Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/06/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• The Wilberforce Trust: Good (25/08/2018) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN ASPINALLchair
• Anne Mwangi
• Charles Anelay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Raymond Shanks
• Elizabeth Anne Wallace
• Kate Thompson
• Nafees Arif
• Susan Maureen Hogston

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MINSTEAD TRUST.

• MINSTEAD TRUST income £8.7m
• COMMUNITY CARE OPTIONS income £705k
• THE TWYFORD TRUST income £161k
• WRITHLINGTON TRUST income £6.3m
• FAMILY CARE TRUST income £4.1m
• WORCESTER YMCA income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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