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Wisbech Charities

Wisbech Charities is a registered charity (number 204879) based in Cambs, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Keith Aplin since 2016. Latest income £99k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Almshouse Branch and Poors Branch (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £99k (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Cambridgeshire
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£99k£95k
  • 2024£95k£102k
  • 2023£102k£84k
Earlier years
  • 2022£94k£143k
  • 2021£103k£76k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSE BRANCH - PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.POOR'S BRANCH - INCOME FOR THE BENEFIT EITHER OF THE POOR OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA GENERALLY OR FOR SUCH POOR PEOPLE RESIDENT THEREIN AS TRUSTEES SELECT.

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

7y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 5Other Charitable Purposes 5Education/training 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Retail and trade 2Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£95k latest income
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
204879
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 23/11/1965
Contact on the register
01945 581370 · wisbechcharities@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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