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The Charlton Bequest and Dispensary Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £76k (2025)

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
General Charitable Purposes, Accommodation/housing
Where
North Tyneside
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£76k£30k
  • 2024£81k£51k
  • 2023£70k£36k
Earlier years
  • 2022£70k£46k
  • 2021£68k£56k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1)SO FAR AS REQUISITE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY TENANTS OF THE CHARITY OR RESIDENTS IN ANY ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME;AND (2)IN RELIEVING IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT,DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS,SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM OTHER SOURCES.

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.

7 trustees on the board

7.6y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 7General Charitable Purposes 7

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

Education 2Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£76k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1055160
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 21 OCTOBER 1994
Contact on the register
01912579465
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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