Registered charity · Sudbury
Sudbury Freemen's Trust
Sudbury Freemen's Trust is a registered charity (number 295764) based in Sudbury, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Michael Edward John Wheeler. Latest income £15k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £15k (2024)
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Suffolk
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£15k£9k
- 2023£15k£9k
- 2022£16k£8k
Earlier years
- 2021£9k£8k
- 2020£15k£6k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
(A) TO ASSIST CASES OF HARDSHIP AMONG FREEMEN AND FAMILIES OF FREEMEN WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; (B) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY PROMOTING THEIR TRAINING IN OCCUPATIONS WHICH WILL RENDER THEM ELIGIBLE TO BECOME FREEMEN OF SUDBURY; (C) TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE CONVERSANT WITH THE FREEMAN'S OATH TO BE AIDING AND ASSISTING UNTO THE TOWN MAYOR AND JUSTICES OF THE TOWN OF SUDBURY, THE CONSTABLES, SERGEANTS AT MACE AND ALL OTHER THE QUEEN'S OFFICERS AND MINISTERS OF THE TOWN, IN THE DUE ECECUTION OF JUSTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE AND ALSO TO UPHOLD, SUPPORT, MAINTAIN AND DEFEND ALL THE GOOD AND LAWFUL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, CUSTOMS, DECREES, BYELAWS, ORDERS AND HEREDITAMENTS OF AND BELONGING TO THE TOWN; (D) TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO THE TOWN OR COMMUNITY OF SUDBURY.
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
- Michael Edward John Wheeler Chair
- Alan Shelley since 2012
- Roy Alston since 2017
- Simonie Prior
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Shelley since 2012
- Roy Alston since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Michael Edward John Wheeler Chair
- Alan Shelley since 2012
- Roy Alston since 2017
- Simonie Prior
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 295764
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25TH JUNE 1986 AS AMENDED 1ST SEPTEMBER 1986
- Contact on the register
- 07715161273 · michael.friars@gmail.com
- 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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