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Registered charity · Ipswich

The Colman Almshouse Charity

The Colman Almshouse Charity is a registered charity (number 211992) based in Ipswich, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Christopher Helms since 2022. Latest income £20k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £20k (2024)
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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Suffolk
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£20k£7k
  • 2023£20k£6k
  • 2022£18k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2021£15k£20k
  • 2020£16k£5k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE COLMAN ALMSHOUSE 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.

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.

6 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

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 6Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£20k 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
211992
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 24 JUNE 1982
Contact on the register
07968221446 · alison@ecoarb.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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