THE WILF WARD FAMILY TRUST
Registered charity 1140852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WWFT
The Trust delivers supported living, short breaks, residential care, direct payments support agencies and community domiciliary care services across Yorkshire for children, adults and older people. The Trust also provides vocational training and work placements through its cafe. The ethos of the organisation is to promote independence, choice and control for all people using its services.
Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust reported an operating deficit of £1,986,135 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cost pressures from National Living Wage increases and Employer National Insurance Contributions that exceeded contractual fee uplifts. Despite the deficit, the Trust maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £21,985,351, utilizing its reserves to sustain operations and invest in strategic improvements. The Trustees consider the Trust to be in a period of sustained consolidation, with free reserves of £5,168,884 currently below the stated policy target of £6.9 million to £13.8 million.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of budgeted expenditure (held: £5.2m)
“The established target for Free Reserves is between 3 and 6 months of budgeted expenditure. Budgeted expenditure for 2025/26, excluding depreciation is £27.6mil, so the target for Free Reserves is between £6.9mil and £13.8mil.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Wilf Ward Independent Living Ltd
“Wilf Ward Independent Living Ltd has remained dormant and engaged in no trading activities during the year.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The charity reports a specific operating deficit for the year ended 31 March 2025.
“The Trust had an operating deficit of £1,986,135 (2023/24: deficit of £1,268,017) for the period from charitable activities”
The charity reports a significant reduction in the total cost of agency staff compared to the previous year.
“The total cost of Agency staff was £2,509,431 (2023/24 £3,380,498).”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- HALL, Alison — director, appointed 23/01/2026on trustee list
- RAMSAY, Keith — director, appointed 16/05/2025on trustee list
- CHEETHAM, Stella Margaret — director, appointed 16/05/2025on trustee list
- HOWARD, Ian Michael — director, appointed 16/05/2025on trustee list
- WICAKSONO, Rachel Emma, Professor — director, appointed 17/05/2024on trustee list
- COLLING, Oliver Edward — director, appointed 24/02/2023on trustee list
- TRIGG, Alexander Roydon — director, appointed 24/02/2023on trustee list
- BETTS, Marianne Dairion — director, appointed 10/12/2021on trustee list
- MENNELL, Josephine Mary — director, appointed 14/08/2020on trustee list
- MCCAY, Paul William Michael — secretary, appointed 22/07/2022
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
27 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (19 freehold); recorded price paid £2.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Wilf Ward Family Trust — Registered, 30 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 13/12/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (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).
- Muston Road: Good (21/03/2018) · CQC record
- Errol House: Good (07/04/2020) · CQC record
- Isabella Court: Good (01/10/2019) · CQC record
- Stakesby Road: Outstanding (30/06/2018) · CQC record
- The Wilf Ward Family Trust Complex Care South: Good (08/11/2019) · CQC record
- The Wilf Ward Family Trust Transitions: Good (03/08/2021) · CQC record
- The Wilf Ward Family Trust Supported Living West: Good (07/12/2018) · CQC record
- The Wilf Ward Family Trust Complex Care North: Outstanding (12/09/2018) · CQC record
- The Wilf Ward Family Trust Supported Living East: Good (24/12/2019) · CQC record
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE WILF WARD FAMILY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported an operating deficit of £1,986,135 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cost pressures from National Living Wage increases and Employer National Insurance Contributions that exceeded contractual fee uplifts. Despite the deficit, the Trust maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £21,985,351, utilizing its reserves to sustain operations and invest in strategic improvements. The Trustees consider the Trust to be in a period of sustained consolidation, with free reserves of £5,168,884 currently below the stated policy target of £6.9 million to £13.8 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.
Who funds THE WILF WARD FAMILY TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WILF WARD FAMILY TRUST as a grant recipient include DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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