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The Samuel Wallace Smedley Charitable Trust

The Samuel Wallace Smedley Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 247231) based in Leamington Spa, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by IAN Wallace Smedley since 2019. Latest income £232k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as S W Smedley Charitable Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £232k (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
Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Cambridgeshire, Warwickshire
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£232k£193k
  • 2024£221k£166k
  • 2023£201k£123k
Earlier years
  • 2022£225k£167k
  • 2021£184k£126k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF ELDERLY AND/OR DISABLED PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ACCOMMODATION, ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED 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.

11y median 12y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 5Economic/community Development/employment 5Disability 1Education/training 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.

Professional services 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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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£232k 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
247231
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 23 APRIL 1998 AS AFFECTED BY A SCHEME DATED 4 JULY 2001.
Contact on the register
01926423315
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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