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Registered charity · C/o Henry Poole & Co

The Bespoke Tailors' Benevolent Association

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £413k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£413k£145k
  • 2024£182k£142k
  • 2023£167k£141k
Earlier years
  • 2022£100k£123k
  • 2021£67k£114k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE BESPOKE CRAFT TAILORING TRADE IN ANY CAPACITY AND ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTY, DISABILITY, INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS

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.

9 trustees on the board

7.4y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
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 9

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£413k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
212954
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 12/08/1859AS AMENDED ON 27/08/1937AS AMENDED ON 01/08/1950AS AMENDED ON 10/04/1978AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 13/04/1978AS AMENDED ON 15/01/1952AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 10/07/2012
Contact on the register
02074932636 · suresh@whitcombshaftesbury.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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