Ambleside Welfare Charity
Registered charity 214759 Registered since 1971
Operates: Cumbria
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Martin Chair since 2013
- Christopher Shepherd since 2024
- Fiona Woodburn
- Pauline Sunnucks since 2025
- Philip Thompson since 2024
- Rev Andrew Smith since 2023
- Vernon Rigg since 2014
5.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas Martin Chair since 2013
- Vernon Rigg since 2014
6.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Nicholas Martin Chair since 2013
- Fiona Woodburn
- Philip Thompson since 2024
- Rev Andrew Smith since 2023
- Vernon Rigg since 2014
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Shepherd since 2024
- Pauline Sunnucks since 2025
0
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 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Disability 6Religious Activities 1
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.
incomespending£63k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Mary's, Ambleside 1 shared trustee
- Kelsick's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Blindcare Similar size; both Disability
- The Dyslexia Research Trust Similar size; both Disability
- Calne and District Community Link Scheme Similar size; both Disability
- Phelan-Mcdermid Syndrome Foundation UK Similar size; both Disability
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| mjohn59655uk@yahoo.com | |
| Phone | 07706847112 |
| Address | 36 Hill Top View, Bowburn, DURHAM, DH6 5BU |
Finances
£62,960 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £70,855 | £41,064 |
| 2022 | £61,514 | £37,867 |
| 2023 | £60,419 | £33,589 |
| 2024 | £64,460 | £41,116 |
| 2025 | £62,960 | £51,693 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
TO RELIEVE GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.
Governing document: SCHEME OF THE 28 APRIL 1971
Trustees (7)
7trustees
0aged 70+
- Nicholas Martin Chair since 2013
- Christopher Shepherd since 2024
- Fiona Woodburn
- Pauline Sunnucks since 2025
- Philip Thompson since 2024
- Rev Andrew Smith since 2023
- Vernon Rigg since 2014
Connected charities (2)
- Kelsick's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Mary's, Ambleside 1 shared trustee
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