Registered charity · Stowmarket
OLD Newton and Gipping Community Council
- 4 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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, Amateur Sport, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Suffolk
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£15k
- 2024£12k£10k
- 2023£11k£9k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£15k
- 2021£10k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE :-(A) TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, PLAYING FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTRES AND OTHER AMENITIES OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDING IN OLD NEWTON AND GIPPING AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH OR IN PURSUING ANY OBJECTS WHICH NOW ARE, OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE , CHARITABLE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING THE USE OF ANY FACILITY FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(B) (I) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES THE CHARITY MAY RAISE FUNDS AND INVITE AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, DONATIONS AND A WEEKLY LOTTERY KNOWN AS "LITTLE ERNIE"/"THE VILLAGE LOTTERY".(II) WILL PUBLISH A VILLAGE NEWS LETTER KNOWN AS "THE OLD NEWTON AND GIPPING CRIER", AT LEAST SIX TIMES PER ANNUM.(C) PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT NOTHING IN THE FOREGOING SHALL AUTHORISE OR EMPOWER THE CHARITY TO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY ACTIVITY WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE, ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, FOR THE TIME BEING IN FORCE AND THE WHOLE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE USED AND APPLIED FOR SUCH PURPOSES ONLY AS ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Melvyn Peter Keith Barnes OBE Chair since 2017
- David Jonathan Martin since 2018
- JON Miller since 2018
- Linda Christine Day since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Melvyn Peter Keith Barnes OBE Chair since 2017
- David Jonathan Martin since 2018
- JON Miller since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Melvyn Peter Keith Barnes OBE Chair since 2017
- David Jonathan Martin since 2018
- Linda Christine Day since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- JON Miller since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160820
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17/11/2014
- Contact on the register
- 01449673777 · melvyn.barnes@oldnewton.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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