Registered charity · Kent
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians Benevolent Fund
- 6 trustees
- Income £13k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.abdo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£13k£5k
- 2023£11k£6k
- 2022£12k£7k
Earlier years
- 2021£12k£9k
- 2020£11k£15k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO PAY, APPLY OR APPROPRIATE THE WHOLE OF THE FUND TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST BY DONATION OR GRANTS NECESSITOUS PERSONS IN ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:- I) FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS LTD; II) FORMER EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF THE SAID ASSOCIATION WHO ARE ENGAGED IN OR CONNECTED WITH DISPENSING OPTICS; III) FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE SAID ASSOCIATION; IV) FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE GUILD OF BRITISH DISPENSING OPTICIANS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE SCHEME OF 21ST AUGUST 1989
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
- Graeme Stevenson since 2026
- Heather Hows since 2020
- Jill Umpleby since 2022
- Keith Cavaye since 2020
- Lynda Matthias since 2020
- Michael Jude Cody since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Heather Hows since 2020
- Keith Cavaye since 2020
- Lynda Matthias since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Graeme Stevenson since 2026
- Heather Hows since 2020
- Jill Umpleby since 2022
- Keith Cavaye since 2020
- Lynda Matthias since 2020
- Michael Jude Cody since 2022
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
- Narrow spread of causes across 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 299447
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED OF 10TH OCTOBER 1962 AND SCHEME OF 21ST AUGUST 1989 as amended on 09 Oct 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01227733918 · finance@abdo.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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