Registered charity · Suffolk

The Poor's Land

11 trustees
Income £26k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where: Suffolk
Website: www.woolpittrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1962

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£26k£33k
2024£26k£30k
2023£23k£30k

Earlier years

2022£22k£22k
2021£21k£24k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INSOFAR AS CONSISTENT WITH THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES, OR THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH AND IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING PROVIDING GRANTS AND ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS BENEFITTING RESIDENTS IN THE PARISH

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

David Michael Goldney Hughes since 2020
Lisa Marie Hicks since 2020

8.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

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 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10General Charitable Purposes 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 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.

Education 2Arts and leisure 1Hospitality 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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£26k latest income · spending exceeded income 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: 207667
Status: Registered
Governing document: SCHEME OF 16TH DECEMBER 1887 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 7 MAY 1895AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19 NOV 2024AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 10 NOV 2025
Contact on the register: 07956676823 · enquiries@woolpittrust.co.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 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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