The Backham Almshouses

Registered charity 208498 Registered since 1963

Operates: Norfolk

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

7.2y median 3y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.2y

average years in governance

0 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Accommodation/housing 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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John Sugars Almshouse Charity 4 shared trustees
John Swain'S Charity 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Phone	01553 771779
Address	The Rectory, 33 Goodwins Road, KING'S LYNN

Finances

£22,441 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£24,800	£20,300
2021	£27,000	£29,000
2022	£25,322	£16,346
2023	£24,879	£23,437
2024	£22,441	£28,810

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR OLD MARRIED COUPLES (LIVING TOGETHER), WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, SPINSTERS AND BACHELORS, NOT LESS THAN SIXTY YEARS OLD AND WHO HAVE RESIDED IN KING'S LYNN FOR AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 10 JULY 1888 AND UNREPORTED VOLUME 128 PAGE 180

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Rev Adrian Ling Chair since 2011
Deborah Heneghan since 2023
Mary Plant since 2023
Mandy Pope since 2023
Sally Twyman since 2014

Connected charities (2)

John Sugars Almshouse Charity 4 shared trustees
John Swain'S Charity 1 shared trustee

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