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The Wilkes Alms Charity

Registered charity 1200027 CIO Registered since 2022

Operates: Central Bedfordshire

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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.

6
trustees on the board
2.3y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.2y
average years in governance
6 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

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

Education 1
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Contact

WebsiteWilkes-Alms.org.uk
Emailclerk@wilkes-alms.org.uk
Phone01353 699043
Address79 Ely Road, Little Downham, ELY, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2SN

Finances

£3,355,110 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2023£0£0
2024£3,355,110£6,640

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious Activities

Who

Elderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE:3.1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE AND/OR FINANCIAL OR OTHER HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION, WITH A PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND3.2 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CIO AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT; AND3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN PARTICULAR BY:3.3.1 THE REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND INSURANCE OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW ERECTED AT THE WEST END OF ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH LEIGHTON BUZZARD; AND3.3.2 A YEARLY PAYMENT OF £50 (OR SUCH OTHER REASONABLE SUM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE) TO THE VICAR OF ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LEIGHTON BUZZARD FOR PREACHING AN ANNUAL SERMON, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT HE OR SHE MAY BE A TRUSTEE OF THE CIO; AND3.4 IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME CANNOT BE APPLIED FOR THE OBJECTS IN 3.1–3.3, SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT.IN THIS CONSTITUTION THE EXPRESSION “AREA OF BENEFIT” SHALL MEAN THE CIVIL PARISH OF LEIGHTON BUZZARD AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Aug 2022

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

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