Registered charity · Devon
James Colmer's Almshouses
James Colmer's Almshouses is a registered charity (number 201009) based in Devon, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Peter John Evans MBE. Latest income £11k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £11k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Devon
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11k£25k
- 2024£13k£7k
- 2023£15k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£10k
- 2021£12k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. (AREA OF BENEFIT: PARISH OF ALWINGTON, BIDEFORD, TORRIDGE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON)
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Peter John Evans MBE Chair
- Christopher Leather since 2021
- Elizabeth Scott since 2021
- Gill Violet since 2016
- Steven James Sherry
Trustees past 6 years
- Gill Violet since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Gill Violet since 2016
Portfolio (4)
- Peter John Evans MBE Chair
- Christopher Leather since 2021
- Elizabeth Scott since 2021
- Steven James Sherry
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
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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
- 201009
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE 11TH FEBRUARY 1985, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 13 JANUARY 2003AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 27 OCT 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07966431234 · ALMSHOUSEBIDEFORD@AOL.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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