Registered charity · Northants
Douglas Compton James Charitable Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £196k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Where
- Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£196k£252k
- 2024£176k£187k
- 2023£151k£194k
Earlier years
- 2022£112k£234k
- 2021£101k£182k
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST(A) AS TO THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AS THE FOUNDER MAY BY NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE FOUNDER MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BY A LIKE NOTICE DIRECT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT WHERE THE FOUNDER HAS NOT BY THE FIFTH APRIL IN THE INCOME TAX YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH THE INCOME ARISES GIVEN A DIRECTION WHICH FULLY DISPOSE OF THE INCOME THEN SUCH INCOME SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBCLAUSE (B)(B) SUBJECT TO AND IN DEFAULT OF ANY SUCH DIRECTION AND INSOFAR AS ANY SUCH DIRECTION IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AND WITH UNANIMOUS DECISION THINK PROPER FOR OR TOWARDS THE SUPPORT BY DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS OF ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE EXCLUSIVELY OF OTHERS OR OTHER AND IN SUCH SHARES AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK PROPER OF (PLEASE SEE COPY OF DEED ON FILE)
Board analysis for researchers
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Richard Currington Ongley Chair
- Keith Moncur Lamont Dickson since 2020
- Philip John Humphrey since 2014
- Thomas James Reed since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip John Humphrey since 2014
- Thomas James Reed since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Richard Currington Ongley Chair
- Keith Moncur Lamont Dickson since 2020
- Philip John Humphrey since 2014
- Thomas James Reed since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1091125
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED EXECUTED ON THE 24TH FEBRUARY 1997.
- Contact on the register
- 01832732161 · louise.davies@vshlaw.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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