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Registered charity · Lincolnshire

Bequest of Harry Skells

Bequest of Harry Skells is a registered charity (number 239573) based in Lincolnshire, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £35k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Skells Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £35k (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Lincolnshire
Website
www.stamfordtowncouncil.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£35k£49k
  • 2024£34k£10k
  • 2023£33k£53k
Earlier years
  • 2022£31k£26k
  • 2021£31k£27k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME ON OR TOWARDS ANDY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES:- 1. THE PROVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION GROUNDS FOR THE USE, BENEFIT, AND ADVANTAGE OR THE INGABITANTS OF STAMFORD. 2. THE IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS AND ROADS IN THE SAID BOROUGH. 3. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE APPEARANCE UTILITY AND AMENITY OF BUILDINGS, WALLS, LAMPPOSTS, FENCES AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND OF PARKS, CAR PARKS, BUS AND COACH STATIONS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES IN STAMFORD.

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

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company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£35k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
239573
Status
Registered
Governing document
WILL DATED 21 AUGUST 1954
Contact on the register
07352451047 · clerk@harryskellstrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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