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Registered charity · Hertford

The Spear Charitable Trust

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £55k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£55k£165k
  • 2024£91k£2.1m
  • 2023£108k£163k
Earlier years
  • 2022£105k£207k
  • 2021£109k£100k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES OR INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE OF EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF JW SPEAR AND SONS PLC AND THE FAMILY AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES.

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.

2 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Dormant 1Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£91k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1041568
Status
Registered
Governing document
SETTLEMENT DATED 24TH JANUARY 1962, SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 8TH JULY 1994, AND 15TH SEPTEMBER 1994
Contact on the register
01992300333
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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