The George Gibson Almshouses Foundation Trust

Registered charity 1176924 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

13.6y median 12y

average tenure

36y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

15.7y

average years in governance

6 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 8Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Professional services 3Business services 1Other services 1

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The Moulton Charity 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Email	georgegibsontrust@gmail.com
Phone	01638578222
Address	John East Centre, George Gibson Close, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7LE

Finances

£437,880 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£379,986	£451,037
2022	£698,795	£464,538
2023	£525,405	£386,115
2024	£527,984	£486,802
2025	£437,880	£473,452

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN NEWMARKET AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS (INCLUDING THE FORMER ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF WEST SUFFOLK) WHO ARE 55 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER AND IN NEED OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Jan 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees

78median age

1aged 70+

ROY MAY Chair since 1990
Deborah Stacey Hargreaves since 2022
Dr Malini Wace since 2012
Edward Francis Harman Russell since 2024
Michael John Drakeage 78 since 2008
Michael Leslie Lovegrove since 2013
Mary Alice Elizabeth East since 2015
Professor Sidney William Ricketts since 2015

Connected charities (3)

Bottisham United Charities 1 shared trustee
Samuel Shepherd 1 shared trustee
The Moulton Charity 1 shared trustee

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