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Registered charity (CIO) · Wiltshire

The Melksham Almshouses Charities

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £34k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
Where
Wiltshire
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£34k£47k
  • 2023£33k£63k
  • 2022£34k£36k
Earlier years
  • 2021£33k£32k
  • 2020£30k£40k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(1) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION IN THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE FOWLER ALMSHOUSES, MELKSHAM, WILTSHIRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE IN NEED OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND LIVING IN OR NEAR THE DISTRICTS OF MELKSHAM TOWN COUNCIL AND MELKSHAM WITHOUT PARISH COUNCIL ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"); (2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (A) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE POOR IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT ; OR (B) WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
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.

Disability 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.

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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£34k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1154575
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 13 Nov 2013
Contact on the register
07961591694 · MELKSHAMALMSHOUSES@GMAIL.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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