Guildhall Feoffment Almshouse Residents' Charity

Registered charity 234050 Registered since 1988

Operates: Suffolk

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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.

14 trustees on the board

Paul Andrew Knights Chair since 2017
Diane Hind since 2026
Dr Elsie Hui since 2025
George Chilvers since 2025
George Edward James Cockram
Graham Mothersole since 2023
Gregory Luton since 2018
Henry Reginald Saltmarsh FCA
Mark Merriam since 2020
Peter Armitage since 2024
Rev Christopher Robinson since 2022
Simon Francis Pott Frics
Virginia Beverley Dean
Very Rev Joseph Patricius Hawes since 2018

4.2y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Paul Andrew Knights Chair since 2017
Gregory Luton since 2018
Mark Merriam since 2020
Very Rev Joseph Patricius Hawes since 2018

10.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Rev Christopher Robinson since 2022
Very Rev Joseph Patricius Hawes since 2018

Portfolio (12)

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 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Education/training 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Arts and leisure 4Health and social care 3Other services 3

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.

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2021

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incomespending£3k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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

Batteley and Sutton Relief in Need Charity 13 shared trustees
Doctor Clopton's Charity 12 shared trustees
Guildhall Feoffment Educational Foundation 12 shared trustees
Charity of SIR John James 13 shared trustees
The Charity of SIR Thomas and Lady Kytson 10 shared trustees
Guildhall Feoffment 12 shared trustees

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://guildhallfeoffmenttrust.org.uk/
Email	clerk@guildhallfeoffmenttrust.org.uk
Phone	01284754190
Address	17 College Square, College Lane, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Suffolk, IP33 1NW

Finances

£2,947 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,631	£3,358
2021	£2,662	£3,789
2022	£2,789	£3,062
2023	£2,917	£1,768
2024	£2,947	£1,198

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

IN OR TOWARDS THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ALMSHOUSES BELONGING TO THE GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT CHARITY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS THEREIN.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 21 DECEMBER 1988

Trustees (14)

14trustees

77median age

2aged 70+

Paul Andrew Knightsage band 65-69 Chair since 2017
Diane Hind since 2026
Dr Elsie Hui since 2025
George Chilvers since 2025
George Edward James Cockram
Graham Mothersole since 2023
Gregory Luton since 2018
Henry Reginald Saltmarsh FCAage band 80-84
Mark Merriam since 2020
Peter Armitage since 2024
Rev Christopher Robinson since 2022
Simon Francis Pott Fricsage band 75-79
Virginia Beverley Dean
Very Rev Joseph Patricius Hawes since 2018

Connected charities (14)

Batteley and Sutton Relief in Need Charity 12 shared trustees
Charity of SIR John James 12 shared trustees
Guildhall Feoffment Educational Foundation 11 shared trustees
Doctor Clopton's Charity 11 shared trustees
Guildhall Feoffment 11 shared trustees
The Fennell Memorial Homes 10 shared trustees
The Charity of SIR Thomas and Lady Kytson 9 shared trustees
General the Honourable SIR William Hervey 1 shared trustee
The DAY Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Little Gidding Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
The Ickworth Church Conservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Bury ST Edmunds Heritage Trust 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Moyse's Hall Museum and Associated Collections 1 shared trustee
Gatehouse - Caring in East Anglia 1 shared trustee

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