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Lench's Trust

Registered charity 1145847 Registered since 2012

Operates: Birmingham City

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Accommodation/housing 11General Charitable Purposes 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.

Property 15Other services 4Arts and leisure 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020

39 from 38 in 2020
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lenchs-trust.co.uk
Emailinfo@lenchs-trust.co.uk
Phone01214260455
AddressHead Office, William Lench Court, 80 Ridgacre Road, Quinton, B32 2AQ

Finances

£3,257,970 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,313,018£2,307,185
2021£2,581,049£2,362,980
2022£2,631,398£2,524,080
2023£3,048,426£2,831,757
2024£3,257,970£3,153,283

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES OR SUCH OTHER PROPERTY APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS OR PERSONS WHO SHALL THROUGH AGE OR OTHERWISE FIND THEMSELVES IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AS A RESULT OF WHICH THEY HAVE BECOME UNABLE TO AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN AND MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT RESIDENCES, OR WHO ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL ASSETS ARE THROUGH LACK OF INCOME IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THEY SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS; (B) TO RELIEVE THE ELDERLY AND POOR IN ANY WAY DEEMED CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO LAW, AND PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THEY SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORGOING SUCH RELIEF MAY BE PROVIDED BY THE PROVISION OF HOME CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE BOTH WITHIN A CLIENTS HOME AND OTHERWISE INCLUDING THE MAKING OF CASH PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND, IN PARTICULAR, RELATING TO HOUSING NEEDS. (C) A PERSON WHO QUALIFIES UNDER ARTICLE 4(A) ABOVE BUT WHO IS TO ENTER INTO AN EQUITY SHARING ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CHARITY WHEREBY THEY MAY PURCHASE UP TO A 75% SHARE IN A UNIT AS A QUALIFYING BENEFICIARY: (I) SHALL AT ALL TIMES AFFORD THE CHARITY THE FIRST OPTION TO RE-PURCHASE WHATEVER SHARE IN A UNIT HE OR SHE SHALL HAVE PURCHASED BY WAY OF EQUITY; (II) SHALL BE A QUALIFYING BENEFICIARY BY VIRTUE OF CLAUSE 4(A) ABOVE; (III) SHALL NOT ALLOW ANY OTHER PERSON TO OCCUPY OR SHARE THE ACCOMMODATION AND SHALL NOT TRANSFER HIS OR HER LEGAL INTEREST IN THE UNIT CONCERNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY WHETHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART; (IV) SHALL BEAR HIS OR HER OWN COSTS IN RELATION TO THE ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF ANY INTEREST IN THE UNIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2014

Trustees (12)

12trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lench's Trust · 07860164 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/11/2011

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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