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James Cropper Employee Benevolent Fund

  • 5 trustees

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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
Earlier years
  • 2022--
  • 2021--

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF CIO ARE: THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING OR GIVING GRANTS, ITEMS OR SERVICES BY WAY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR OTHER ACTIVITY AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL IN ANY DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT, TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF: I) CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF JAMES CROPPER PLC, AND II) FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM JAMES CROPPER PLC (BUT NOT OTHERWISE RESIGNED OR BEEN REMOVED FROM EMPLOYMENT) IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AND THEIR SPOUSES, PARENTS, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2004.

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.

0
trustees past 6 years
1.3y
average years in governance
1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1188860
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Apr 2020
Contact on the register
01539818325 · Tim.Kieser@cropper.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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