Registered charity (CIO) · Birmingham
Elizabeth Dowell's Almshouse Trust
- 11 trustees
- Income £69k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charles James WallChair · since 2023
- Anne DurbinTrustee · since 2024
- Isobel Shirley KnowlesTrustee · since 2023
- Laura Katherine WardTrustee · since 2026
- Mary GirvanTrustee · since 2023
- Nigel Bruce van WijkTrustee · since 2025
- Revd. Professor Frank John BerryTrustee · since 2025
- Robert James WishartTrustee · since 2023
- Robert Leonard StantonTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen GibbonsTrustee · since 2024
- Thomas Graham RussellTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.dowellstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£69k£65k
- 2024£0£0
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF ELDERLY PERSONS IN BIRMINGHAM BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION; AND3.1.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES.
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
- Charles James Wall Chair since 2023
- Anne Durbin since 2024
- Isobel Shirley Knowles since 2023
- Laura Katherine Ward since 2026
- Mary Girvan since 2023
- Nigel Bruce van Wijk since 2025
- Robert Leonard Stanton since 2023
- Revd. Professor Frank John Berry since 2025
- Robert James Wishart since 2023
- Stephen Gibbons since 2024
- Thomas Graham Russell since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anne Durbin since 2024
- Laura Katherine Ward since 2026
- Mary Girvan since 2023
- Robert Leonard Stanton since 2023
- Thomas Graham Russell since 2026
Portfolio (6)
- Charles James Wall Chair since 2023
- Isobel Shirley Knowles since 2023
- Nigel Bruce van Wijk since 2025
- Revd. Professor Frank John Berry since 2025
- Robert James Wishart since 2023
- Stephen Gibbons since 2024
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.
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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
- 1204800
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Sep 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01214426633 · manager@dowellstrust.org.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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