Registered charity · Bury St. Edmunds
Woolpit Institute
- 13 trustees
- Income £17k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Richard West MBEChair
- Alison Ruth FormanTrustee · since 2025
- Bernice BelhamTrustee · since 2016
- Claire ScotfordTrustee · since 2025
- Gayle JenkinsTrustee · since 2016
- IAN Hugh BelhamTrustee · since 2016
- Jill RichardsTrustee · since 2016
- John GuylerTrustee · since 2014
- Paul ProctorTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth HallTrustee · since 2026
- Rita Janice BurrTrustee · since 2016
- Sally HinchliffeTrustee · since 2016
- Susan EburneTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Suffolk
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£17k
- 2024£24k£23k
- 2023£19k£23k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£22k
- 2021£9k£12k
Charitable objects
FOR THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WOOLPIT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Richard West MBE Chair
- Alison Ruth Forman since 2025
- Bernice Belham since 2016
- Claire Scotford since 2025
- Gayle Jenkins since 2016
- IAN Hugh Belham since 2016
- Jill Richards since 2016
- John Guyler since 2014
- Paul Proctor since 2022
- Rita Janice Burr since 2016
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth Hall since 2026
- Sally Hinchliffe since 2016
- Susan Eburne
Trustees past 6 years
- Bernice Belham since 2016
- Gayle Jenkins since 2016
- IAN Hugh Belham since 2016
- Jill Richards since 2016
- John Guyler since 2014
- Rita Janice Burr since 2016
- Sally Hinchliffe since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Richard West MBE Chair
- Alison Ruth Forman since 2025
- Bernice Belham since 2016
- Claire Scotford since 2025
- Gayle Jenkins since 2016
- IAN Hugh Belham since 2016
- Jill Richards since 2016
- John Guyler since 2014
- Paul Proctor since 2022
- Rita Janice Burr since 2016
- Rev Sarah Elizabeth Hall since 2026
- Sally Hinchliffe since 2016
- Susan Eburne
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 304958
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31ST DECEMBER 1920, SCHEME DATED 5TH SEPTEMBER 1967 AS AMENDED 6TH JULY 1976
- Contact on the register
- 01359244532
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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