The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Lady Mary Townshend

Registered charity 218880 Registered since 1963

Operates: Norfolk

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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

5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (6)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Accommodation/housing 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£848 latest income

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Emailchairoftrustees@outlook.com
Phone07837255905
Address12 Poppyfields, FAKENHAM, Norfolk, NR21 8PZ

Finances

£848 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£835£815
2022£852£776
2023£831£973
2024£831£789
2025£848£853

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

ASSISTING PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF FAKENHAM UNDER THE AGE OF 25 WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS, TOOLS OR BOOKS, OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING, AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 24 MAY 1979.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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