Registered charity · Melton Mowbray
Poor's Land Charities
Poor's Land Charities is a registered charity (number 214064) based in Melton Mowbray, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Helen Florence Mcnamara. Latest income £2k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£913
- 2024£2k£2k
- 2023£2k£761
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£411
- 2021£2k£661
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY ANY PORTION OF THE SAID INCOME NOT EXCEEDING ONE-HALF THEREOF IN ANY YEAR IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:1.(A) RELIEVING IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SCALFORD WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED,HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM OTHER SOURCES.(B) THE TRUSTEES MAY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS IN RETURN FOR DONADTIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS OUT OF THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY.(C) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE THEREFOR WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SAID PARISH BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN OR WHO ARE FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THAT PARISH.2(A) RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SALFORD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDNG OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OF FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.(C) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELEGIBLE THERFOR WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SAID PARISH BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN OR WHO ARE LOCATED FOT THE TIME BEING WITHIN THA 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Helen Florence Mcnamara Chair
- Colin Gordon Scarborough since 2015
- Doris Julia Chamberlain since 2016
- Richard John Mapletoft since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Gordon Scarborough since 2015
- Doris Julia Chamberlain since 2016
- Richard John Mapletoft since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Helen Florence Mcnamara Chair
- Colin Gordon Scarborough since 2015
- Doris Julia Chamberlain since 2016
- Richard John Mapletoft since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 214064
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- REP VOL 32 PT 5 P 448 SCHEME OF C.C. DATED 5 MARCH 1909 AS AMENDED BY A RESOLUTION OF 9 NOVEMBER 1996
- Contact on the register
- 01664444673
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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