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Charity of Knight and Palmer

Charity of Knight and Palmer is a registered charity (number 240774) based in Market Harborough, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Gary Chambers. Latest income £27k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £27k (2025)

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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Northamptonshire
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27k£23k
  • 2024£24k£20k
  • 2023£19k£26k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£26k
  • 2021£15k£20k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) FOUR EQUAL PARTS OF THE INCOME IN ASSISTING PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS AND ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE BY PROVDING THEM WITH OUTFITS, TOOLS OR BOOKS, OR BY PAYMENT OF FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTAINANCE EXPENSES OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVING AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT. (2) THE REMAINING ONE EQUAL PART OF THE INCOME IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 27 OF 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.

4 trustees on the board

11.5y median 11.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
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 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Accommodation/housing 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Tech and media 1Transport 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£27k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
240774
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE 28TH JUNE 1984
Contact on the register
01536771913 · chambers@whsmithnet.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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