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Registered charity · Colchester

The James Capel Foundation

The James Capel Foundation is a registered charity (number 270031) based in Colchester, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Ian Collier since 2019. Latest income £51k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £51k (2024)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£51k£140k
  • 2023£48k£119k
  • 2022£36k£90k
Earlier years
  • 2021£51k£73k
  • 2020£58k£87k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME (A) TO SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES EXCLUSIVELY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, AND (B) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY MAKING PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS (I) WHO ARE FOR THE TIME BEING OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY COMPANY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH OR WHO ARE THE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, CHILDREN, PARENTS, OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF ANY SUCH PERSONS AND (II) ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES NECESSITOUS AND DESERVING

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

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company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£51k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
270031
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 15 JULY 1975; DEEDS OF APPOINTMENT DATED 5 JUNE 1992 AND 14 SEPTEMBER 1993
Contact on the register
07771 841751 · jamescapelfoundation@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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