The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Mills Charity

Registered charity 207259 Registered since 1962

Operates: Suffolk

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (8)

4
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Accommodation/housing 6Disability 1Education/training 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 4Agriculture 2Education 2

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£401k 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.themillscharity.co.uk
Emailoffice@millscharity.co.uk
Phone01728 685031
Address24B Well Close Square, Framlingham, WOODBRIDGE, Suffolk, IP13 9DS

Finances

£420,732 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£605,818£341,858
2023£362,346£202,173
2024£392,576£245,528
2025£401,196£357,558
2026£420,732£359,337

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1. TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR 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. 2. IF THE INCOME IS NOT REQUIRED IN ANY YEAR FOR APPLICATION IN MANNER AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE SAME FOR RELIEF IN NEED AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FRAMLINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SCHEME.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 9 JANUARY 1981 AS VARIED BY SCHEME SEALED 28 APRIL 1997 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION UNDER 74D 18 MAY 2009 AND RESOLUTION DATED 8 FEBRUARY 2010.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 14 AUG 2020AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 13 OCT 2020AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11 DEC 2020

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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