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The Polden Hill Gwilliam Charity for Animal Care

Registered charity 1126746 Registered since 2008

Operates: Somerset

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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.

1.7y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 5Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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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
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incomespending£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Emailpolden.amimal.charity@gmail.com
Phone01278722568
AddressSaddler's Cottage, Keenthorne, Nether Stowey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1HZ

Finances

£8,870 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,721£1,769
2022£5,732£430
2023£11,929£1,748
2024£5,231£2,222
2025£8,870£1,285

What it does

What

Animals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE HOMES OR OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECEPTION CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS; TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE PROTECTION TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS MALTREATMENT POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTER PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED MADE 24 SEPTEMBER 2008

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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