Registered charity (CIO) · Suffolk
Kesgrave WAR Memorial Community Centre
- 8 trustees
- Income £591k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard Michael BairdChair · since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Antony CoupeTrustee · since 2021
- Carl Paul ChittockTrustee · since 2021
- Denise HeadTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Punna Singh AthwallTrustee · since 2023
- Geoffrey LynchTrustee · since 2021
- John PrattTrustee · since 2021
- Rodney Scott GibsonTrustee · since 2021
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
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.kwmcc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£591k£758k
- 2024£570k£708k
- 2023£519k£687k
Earlier years
- 2022£423k£647k
- 2021£264k£384k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO SHALL BE THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE, RECREATION AREAS AND SPORTS GROUND FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF KESGRAVE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE APPLIED TOWARD THE OBJECTS ABOVE IT MAY BE APPLIED IN PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Richard Michael Baird Chair since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Antony Coupe since 2021
- Carl Paul Chittock since 2021
- Denise Head since 2021
- Dr Punna Singh Athwall since 2023
- Geoffrey Lynch since 2021
- John Pratt since 2021
- Rodney Scott Gibson since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Richard Michael Baird Chair since 2021
- Benjamin Charles Antony Coupe since 2021
- Carl Paul Chittock since 2021
- Denise Head since 2021
- Dr Punna Singh Athwall since 2023
- Geoffrey Lynch since 2021
- John Pratt since 2021
- Rodney Scott Gibson since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
62.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 35.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1186279
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Nov 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01473612648 · rod@kwmcc.co.uk
- 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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