Fowler Smith and Jones Trust

Registered charity 1132249 Registered since 2009

Operates: Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Essex, Thurrock, Southend-on-sea

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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.

4 trustees on the board

5y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

28.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Lucy Elizabeth Bettley since 2021

Portfolio (3)

company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 7Property 5Professional services 3

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£764k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.7 in 2021

2 from 2 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Norman Garon Trust 1 shared trustee
Success After Stroke 1 shared trustee
Brentwood Diocesean Cathedral and Choral Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
Essex Shire Hall Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Dorchester Agricultural Society Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.fsjtrust.org.uk
Email	amason@fsjtrust.org.uk
Phone	01245809899
Address	THIRD FLOOR, MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, VICTORIA ROAD SOUTH, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, CM1 1LN

Finances

£763,934 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£732,433	£574,336
2022	£714,755	£716,205
2023	£740,251	£646,295
2024	£842,504	£758,558
2025	£763,934	£829,333

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

(A) TO CARRY OUT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTEDISCRETION THINK FIT(B) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE PRECEDING SUB-CLAUSE THE INCOME FROM THETRUST FUND SHALL BE APPLIED PRIMARILY IN GRANTS IN AID OF SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THETRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/06/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/2009

Trustees (4)

4trustees

68median age

2aged 70+

Philip John Tolhurstage band 75-79 Chair
Lucy Elizabeth Bettleyage band 65-69 since 2021
Nicholas Spencer Charringtonage band 65-69
Richard Charles Logan Furlongerage band 70-74

Linked company (Companies House)

Fowler Smith & Jones Trust · 06924825 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/06/2009

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

Essex Shire Hall Trust 1 shared trustee
Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Success After Stroke 1 shared trustee
Brentwood Diocesean Cathedral and Choral Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
Norman Garon Trust 1 shared trustee

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