Registered charity · Bideford
Charity of William Beare
Charity of William Beare is a registered charity (number 240159) based in Bideford, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Peter Ernest Dixon. Latest income £804 (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Appledore Christmas Fund (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £804 (2024)
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
- Where
- Devon
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£804£1k
- 2023£792£1k
- 2022£789£1k
Earlier years
- 2021£1k£626
- 2020£188£392
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
GENERAL BENEFIT FOR THE POOR OF APPLEDORE.
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
- Peter Ernest Dixon Chair
- June Evans since 2011
- Jennifer White since 2021
- Joan Dixon
- Lorna Dorrinton since 2011
- Rev Andrew John Littlejohn since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- June Evans since 2011
- Lorna Dorrinton since 2011
- Rev Andrew John Littlejohn since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Peter Ernest Dixon Chair
- June Evans since 2011
- Jennifer White since 2021
- Joan Dixon
- Lorna Dorrinton since 2011
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Andrew John Littlejohn since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 240159
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- WILL PROVED 25TH. FEBRUARY, 1931 AS AMENDED WITH EFFECT FROM 5TH MARCH 1996 BY A RESOLUTION ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 74(C) OR (D) OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993.
- Contact on the register
- 01237476968 · joandixon@iwasthere.org.uk
- 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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