Charity Consisting of the Property Constituting the Endowment of the Original Church and Poor's Land Charity
Registered charity 251369 Registered since 1967
Operates: Bedford
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Stuart O'Dell Chair since 2019
- Allyson Jane Cable since 2025
- Charles Helliwell
- Councillor John Wheeler since 2011
- Jeffrey Alan Noakes since 2020
- Susan Margaret Randell since 2025
- Timothy James Dillistone since 2025
5.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Stuart O'Dell Chair since 2019
- Councillor John Wheeler since 2011
4.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Allyson Jane Cable since 2025
- Timothy James Dillistone since 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Stuart O'Dell Chair since 2019
- Charles Helliwell
- Councillor John Wheeler since 2011
- Jeffrey Alan Noakes since 2020
- Susan Margaret Randell since 2025
0
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Religious Activities 6Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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.
incomespending£4k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Related organisations
- Wootton Poors Land 5 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Hospital of ST John the Baptist 1 shared trustee
- Wootton Women's Institute 1 shared trustee
- The Philharmonia Orchestra in Bedford Trust 1 shared trustee
- Bedford Park 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Saron Christian Fellowship Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Phone | 07977341861 |
| Address | 27 ASHPOLE AVENUE, WOOTTON, BEDFORD, MK43 9EG |
Finances
£4,414 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £4,034 | £4,155 |
| 2022 | £4,095 | £4,165 |
| 2023 | £4,182 | £4,165 |
| 2024 | £4,298 | £4,190 |
| 2025 | £4,414 | £4,190 |
What it does
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
1) THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF WOOTTON AND ITS APPURTENANCES; 2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR.
Governing document: SCHEME OF 2ND NOVEMBER 1869, AN ORDER DATED 15TH NOVEMBER 1895 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF 26TH NOVEMBER 1912 AND 15TH APRIL 1955.
Trustees (7)
7trustees
0aged 70+
- Stuart O'Dell Chair since 2019
- Allyson Jane Cable since 2025
- Charles Helliwell
- Councillor John Wheeler since 2011
- Jeffrey Alan Noakes since 2020
- Susan Margaret Randell since 2025
- Timothy James Dillistone since 2025
Connected charities (5)
- Wootton Poors Land 5 shared trustees
- Bedford Park 1 shared trustee
- Wootton Women's Institute 1 shared trustee
- The Philharmonia Orchestra in Bedford Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Hospital of ST John the Baptist 1 shared trustee
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