Registered charity · Northamptonshire

The Sponne and Bickerstaffe Charity

13 trustees
Income £103k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where: Northamptonshire
Registered: 1982

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£103k£138k
2024£134k£141k
2023£116k£107k

Earlier years

2022£115k£131k
2021£105k£110k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. RELIEF IN NEED BRANCH-RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF TOWCESTER WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS. 2. ALMSHOUSE BRANCH-FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE BRANCH WHO SHALL BE POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO AREA RESIDENT OF THE PARISH PREFERENCE FOR SUCH PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS.

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.

13 trustees on the board

5.8y median 6y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Alan Gilbert since 2015
Gail Caseman Jones since 2015
Iain Massey since 2015
Rev Paula Ella Challen since 2019

6.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

Alan Gilbert since 2015
Christine Linda Johns since 2025
David Reed since 2026
Rev Paula Ella Challen since 2019

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 13Accommodation/housing 11Religious Activities 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Professional 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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£103k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 204117
Status: Registered
Governing document: SCHEME OF 5 MAY 1982 as amended on 19 Mar 2025 as amended on 17 Jun 2026 as amended on 17 Jun 2026
Contact on the register: 01327351206 · clerk@sponneandbickerstaffe.org
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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