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Registered charity · Plymouth

Plymouth Public Dispensary

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £59k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Plymouth City
Website
www.ppdtrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£59k£48k
  • 2024£58k£50k
  • 2023£58k£42k
Earlier years
  • 2022£54k£47k
  • 2021£55k£62k
Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE YEARLY INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SICK POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 26 OF THE SCHEME OF 18TH APRIL 1952)

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.

7 trustees on the board

20y median 19y
average tenure
35y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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.

Disability 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Accommodation/housing 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Property 2Arts and leisure 1Other 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£58k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
267658
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 18 APR 1952, AS AMENDED 1 SEP 2003, 3 SEP 2007 AND 9 NOV 2010.
Contact on the register
07746251122 · admin@ppdtrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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