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Myra's Wells

Myra's Wells is a registered charity (number 1143345) based in Ferndown, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by George Edwin Martin since 2011. Latest income £183k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

3 Application of incomeThe Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furthering the following objects (“the objects”) which shall be for the public bene?t in the Burkina Faso area of West Africa:-(i) to preserve and protect good health by...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £183k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
Where
Burkina Faso
Website
www.myraswells.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£183k£175k
  • 2024£160k£124k
  • 2023£153k£181k
Earlier years
  • 2022£295k£275k
  • 2021£228k£231k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3 Application of incomeThe Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furthering the following objects (“the objects”) which shall be for the public bene?t in the Burkina Faso area of West Africa:-(i) to preserve and protect good health by providing finance for the drilling of wells and the provision of clean water and to ensure wells are maintained and in working order;(ii) to advance education by providing assistance to schools, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of equipment and supplies for schools; and(iii) to relieve ?nancial hardship by supporting small agricultural/horticultural projects; and(iv) to advance religion by passing on gifts for the purchase of Christian literature, including bibles, to churches where poverty makes it impossible for local people to buy them; and(v) to prevent and relieve poverty and further other charitable purposes (specifically, the social relief, resettlement and rehabilitation of persons under a disability or deprivation) by passing on gifts for the relief of suffering caused by terrorist activity (and consequent population migration), drought or other natural disaster.

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.

8 trustees on the board

11.8y median 12.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£183k 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
1143345
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 08/08/2011 as amended on 31 Jul 2019
Contact on the register
01202892548 · info@myraswells.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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