Registered charity · Colchester
Colin Bennett Charitable Trust for the Homeless
- 3 trustees
- Income £40k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Essex
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£75k
- 2024£90k£17k
- 2023£91k£58k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£17k
- 2021£30k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, THOSE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS OR THOSE IN INSECURE ACCOMMODATION BY:-1)PROVIDING THEM WITH SHELTER AND A BASE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES;2)PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND 3)PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO ANY REGISTERED CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHO IS ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER THE SAME PURPOSE.(THING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT(NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.].
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Colin Nelson Bennett Chair since 2016
- Dr IAN Gainsford Dewis since 2016
- Nigel Gordon Humphreys since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Nelson Bennett Chair since 2016
- Dr IAN Gainsford Dewis since 2016
- Nigel Gordon Humphreys since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Dr IAN Gainsford Dewis since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Colin Nelson Bennett Chair since 2016
- Nigel Gordon Humphreys since 2016
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1168571
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 25 JUL 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01206546672
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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