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Registered charity · Somerset

The Charity of John and Joseph Card

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £11k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Recreation
Where
Somerset
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11k£13k
  • 2024£11k£11k
  • 2023£11k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2022£51k£10k
  • 2021£7k£8k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) AT LEAST TEN PER CENT IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE VILLAGE OF DRAYCOTT WHO ARE IN THE CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARD CHARITY MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS, SERVICES OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS, AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THEY MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE THEREFORE WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SAID VILLAGE BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUCH REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN OR ARE LOCATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THAT VILLAGE. (B) AT LEAST TEN PER CENT IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE VILLAGE OF DRAYCOTT AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING (I) IN AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, GRANTS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES, TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OR INSTITUTION OF FURTHER OR HIGHER EDUCATION (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL) APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE TRUSTEES OF THAT CHARITY; (II) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SCHOOL UNIFORM), TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, OR TO PREPARE FOR OR ENTER A PROFESSION TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT; (C) AT LEAST TEN PER CENT TO THE SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN THE PARISH OF RODNEY STOKE FOR (I) THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SCHOOL; AND (II) IN OR TOWARDS PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR ANY SUCH SCHOOL AS AFORESAID AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AGREED BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY AND THE HEAD TEACHER OF THE SCHOOL CONCERNED. (D) AT LEAST FIVE PER CENT IN PROVIDING RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTESTANT PRINCIPLES, BY MEANS OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS OR OTHERWISE IN THE VILLAGE OF DRAYCOTT. (E) AT LEAST FIVE PER CENT PROMOTING THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING AND TRAINING OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS RESIDENT IN THE VILLAGE OF DRAYCOTT BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE UPKEEP OF THE COBLEY RECREATION FIELD TO IMPROVE THEIR GENERAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING.

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.

12 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Religious Activities 10Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
203827
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 29TH OCTOBER 1982AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 MAY 2016AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19 JUL 2016
Contact on the register
01934 741912 · vskennedy2021@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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