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Registered charity · Suffolk

Margaret Ogilvie Almshouse Charity

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £27k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Suffolk
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£27k£13k
  • 2023£22k£16k
  • 2022£19k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2021£18k£17k
  • 2020£18k£10k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE RESIDED IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT. INCOME FOR UPKEEP OF THE ALMSHOUSES PAYMENT OF STIPENDS EXISTING PENSIONERS AND FOR BENEFIT OF ALMSPEOPLE IN THAT ORDER.

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.

10y median 11y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

0
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 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Religious Activities 4General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Recreation 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£27k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
211677
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE 13TH DECEMBER 1967 AND 13TH AUGUST 1982
Contact on the register
01986873636 · jmargarson@crossram.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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