Registered charity · Leicestershire
The Poor's Land Charity (Known Locally AS Meach's Close)
The Poor's Land Charity (Known Locally AS Meach's Close) is a registered charity (number 237083) based in Leicestershire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Rev Liz Heaton since 2020. Latest income £2k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Meaches Trust (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Mrs Ann Palmer.
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£340
- 2024£730£78
- 2023£1k£657
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£757
- 2021£1k£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE MOST DESERVING AND NECESSITOUS INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ASHBY PARVA
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Rev Liz Heaton Chair since 2020
- Emma Claire Jordan since 2021
- Helen Sarah Louise Fergusson since 2018
- Katy Craig since 2024
- Mrs Ann Palmer since 2015
- Stephen James Lacey since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Sarah Louise Fergusson since 2018
- Mrs Ann Palmer since 2015
- Stephen James Lacey since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rev Liz Heaton Chair since 2020
- Emma Claire Jordan since 2021
- Helen Sarah Louise Fergusson since 2018
- Katy Craig since 2024
- Stephen James Lacey since 2017
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 237083
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE 6 NOVEMBER 1866 AND 22 FEBRUARY 1966 as amended on 19 Nov 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07973967710 · emjordan@sky.com
- 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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