Registered charity · Banbury
Poor's Close
Poor's Close is a registered charity (number 261997) based in Banbury, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £475 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £475 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Northamptonshire
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£475£445
- 2024£475£325
- 2023£475£320
Earlier years
- 2022£475£365
- 2021£475£245
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE POOR WHO ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF POOR-LAW RELIEF OTHER THAN MEDICAL RELIEF BY (1) SUBSCRIPTIONS OR DONATIONS IN AID OF ANY DISPENSARY, INFIRMARY, HOSPITAL OR CONVALESCENT HOME, OR ANY ESTABLISHMENT IN WHICH PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY BODILY INFIRMITY ARE TAUGHT ANY TRADE OR EMPLOYMENT WHETHER GENERAL OR SPECIAL OR (2) SUPPLYING CLOTHES, BOOTS, LINEN, BEDDING, FUEL, TOOLS MEDICAL OR OTHER AID IN SICKNESS, FOOD OR OTHER ARTICLES IN KIND OR BY SUPPLYING TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE IN MONEY, BY WAY OF LOAN OR OTHERWISE, IN CASE OF SICKNESS, SPECIAL DISTRESS OR UNEXPECTED LOSS.
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
- Colin Chester since 2014
- Lilian Ruth Stageman
- Nigel Stuart Barrett
- Rosemary Ann Brown since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Chester since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Colin Chester since 2014
- Lilian Ruth Stageman
- Nigel Stuart Barrett
- Rosemary Ann Brown since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 261997
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE 13TH DECEMBER 1938
- Contact on the register
- 01295711082
- 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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