Charity of William Read
Registered charity 203099 Registered since 1966
Operates: Dorset
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Philip Samuel Woodcock Chair
- Edna Norris
- Evelyn Light
- Janet Robson
- Julie Hawkins
- Paul Harris since 2017
- Paul Stone since 2016
- Susan Hunt since 2019
- Sharon Cullingford since 2019
8.2y median 8y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Harris since 2017
- Paul Stone since 2016
- Susan Hunt since 2019
- Sharon Cullingford since 2019
6.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
Portfolio (3)
- Paul Harris since 2017
- Susan Hunt since 2019
- Sharon Cullingford since 2019
2
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 9Education/training 2Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Other services 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£3k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Gillingham Local History Society 1 shared trustee
- The Royal British Legion 1 shared trustee
- Gillingham Swimming Bath 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Kiersz Charitable Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Communicare Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Costessey Parochial Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| FIONA.THOMAS@FARNFIELDS.COM | |
| Phone | 01747825432 |
| Address | FARNFIELDS, THE SQUARE, GILLINGHAM, DORSET, SP8 4AX |
Finances
£2,970 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £2,762 | £1,600 |
| 2022 | £2,512 | £960 |
| 2023 | £4,349 | £1,410 |
| 2024 | £3,826 | £1,350 |
| 2025 | £2,970 | £2,391 |
What it does
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
INCOME TO BE APPLIED AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT EITHER OF THE POOR OF THE PARISH OF GILLINGHAM GENERALLY OR OF SUCH POOR PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN AS THEY SELECT.
Governing document: SCHEME OF THE 18TH JULY 1966.
Trustees (9)
9trustees
65median age
0aged 70+
- Philip Samuel Woodcock Chair
- Edna Norris
- Evelyn Light
- Janet Robson
- Julie Hawkinsage band 65-69
- Paul Harris since 2017
- Paul Stoneage band 60-64 since 2016
- Susan Hunt since 2019
- Sharon Cullingford since 2019
Connected charities (3)
- Gillingham Swimming Bath 1 shared trustee
- The Royal British Legion 1 shared trustee
- Gillingham Local History Society 1 shared trustee
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