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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

William Malthus Charity for the Needy

William Malthus Charity for the Needy is a registered charity (number 237333) based in Oxfordshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Neville Meirion James since 2015. Latest income £3k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as The Malthus Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £3k (2024)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Oxfordshire
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3k£2k
  • 2023£2k£1k
  • 2022£2k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2021£2k£1k
  • 2020£2k£1k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BLEWBURY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALUCATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.4y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (6)

0
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 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
237333
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE 23RD JANUARY 1984
Contact on the register
01235511586 · nmj@marchwoods.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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