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Registered charity · Suffolk

The Almshouse Charity of the Foundation of SIR Robert Gardiner

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £16k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Accommodation/housing, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Suffolk
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£16k£7k
  • 2023£17k£15k
  • 2022£14k£19k
Earlier years
  • 2021£14k£11k
  • 2020£14k£7k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR AGED WIDOWS OF THE PARISHES OF ELMSWELL AND WOOLPIT. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 23 OF THE SCHEME).

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

10.2y median 8y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

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 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Accommodation/housing 3Education/training 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£16k 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
238528
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE 17TH JUNE 1968
Contact on the register
01359 270214 · jane-storey@btconnect.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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