The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Westhorpe Trust

Registered charity 263332 Registered since 1972

Operates: Suffolk

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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.

7.8y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 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£8k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailclaire@ejbarker.co.uk
Phone07876 496065
AddressWESTHORPE LODGE, WESTHORPE, STOWMARKET, IP14 4TA

Finances

£8,457 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,058£8,365
2022£7,974£8,296
2023£7,041£6,955
2024£8,963£8,631
2025£8,457£9,253

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE CLEAR YEARLY INCOME OF THE CHARITIES AS FOLLOWS:(1) ONE THIRD SHALL BE PAID TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET, WESTHORPE, TO BE APPLIED BY THEM IN OR TOWARDS THE UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE SAID ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH, AND SUBJECT THERETO TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SERVICES IN THE SAID CHURCH AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FURNITURE THEREIN. (2) ONE THIRD SHALL BE PAID TO THE WESTHORPE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE AT SCHOOL OR PURSUING HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION, APPRENTICESHIPS, COURSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION. (3) ONE THIRD SHALL BE PAID TO THE VILLAGE FUND FOR RELIEF IN NEED AND THEN FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WESTHORPE IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 03/03/1972AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 15/01/2014

Trustees (6)

6trustees
77median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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