Registered charity (CIO) · Coventry
The Coventry General Charity
- 11 trustees
- Income £0 (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Roger Neil DaviesChair · since 2025
- Councillor RAM Lakha OBETrustee · since 2025
- David MasonTrustee · since 2025
- Edward John CurtisTrustee · since 2025
- GUY ROY HandsTrustee · since 2025
- Hilary LorimerTrustee · since 2025
- Katherine Barbara SowerbyTrustee · since 2026
- Marcus LapsaTrustee · since 2025
- Michael John Harris MBE JP MATrustee · since 2025
- Simon SharpeTrustee · since 2025
- Vivien KershawTrustee · since 2025
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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Coventry City
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£0£0
- 2023£0£0
- 2022£0£0
Income trend, 2022 to 2024.
Charitable objects
1. THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED DUE TO POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN COVENTRY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS. IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY.2. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AMONGST ELDERLY PEOPLE BY PROVIDING GRANTS.3. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN COVENTRY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:• FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.• FUNDING EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION, RESEARCH PROJECTS, OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.• IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY PROVIDE FUNDING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE A PARENT OR PARENTS RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY.4. TO PROMOTE THE ARTS, PRESERVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, IMPROVE AMENITIES OR FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES WITHIN COVENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.5. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dr Roger Neil Davies Chair since 2025
- Councillor RAM Lakha OBE since 2025
- David Mason since 2025
- Edward John Curtis since 2025
- GUY ROY Hands since 2025
- Hilary Lorimer since 2025
- Katherine Barbara Sowerby since 2026
- Michael John Harris MBE JP MA since 2025
- Marcus Lapsa since 2025
- Simon Sharpe since 2025
- Vivien Kershaw since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Councillor RAM Lakha OBE since 2025
- GUY ROY Hands since 2025
- Hilary Lorimer since 2025
- Katherine Barbara Sowerby since 2026
- Vivien Kershaw since 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Dr Roger Neil Davies Chair since 2025
- David Mason since 2025
- Edward John Curtis since 2025
- Michael John Harris MBE JP MA since 2025
- Marcus Lapsa since 2025
- Simon Sharpe since 2025
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.
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
- 1195498
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 12 AUG 2021AMENDED ON 09 SEP 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02476222769 · cov.genchar@outlook.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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