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Registered charity · Suffolk

Corton Almshouse Charity

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £67k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Accommodation/housing
Where
Suffolk
Website
cortonparishcouncil.gov.uk/corton-almshouse-charity (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£67k£70k
  • 2024£64k£35k
  • 2023£61k£83k
Earlier years
  • 2022£56k£83k
  • 2021£56k£47k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS) ARE OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES AND SHALL BE APPOINTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PREFERENCE: (1) POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF CORTON, (2) POOR PERSONS WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME RESIDED IN THE SAID AREA FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS. (3) POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE PARISHES OF BLUNDESTON AND LOUND, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND THAT PART OF THE PARISH OF HOPTON ON SEA, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, WHICH LIES OUTSIDE THE AREA OF THE SAID ANCIENT PARISH.

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.8y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£64k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
291163
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEMES OF 28TH FEBRUARY 1983 AND 4TH OCTOBER 1984
Contact on the register
07476 028578 · cortonalmshousecharity@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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