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Registered charity · Manchester

John Smethurst for the Poor

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £297 (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
Religious Activities
Where
Bury
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£297£500
  • 2024£289£0
  • 2023£285£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£283£500
  • 2021£277£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

FOR PROVIDING COAL, FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR THE POOR OF WHITEFIELD.

Board analysis for researchers

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

11.7y median 8y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 4Religious Activities 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 2

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

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 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£297 latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
257367
Status
Registered
Governing document
WILL PROVED AT MANCHESTER ON THE 23RD APRIL 1934 (SEE CLAUSE 30) U.V.VOL. 264 PAGE 101
Contact on the register
0161 766 8502
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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