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Registered charity · Plymouth

The Olford Bequest

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £6k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Cornwall, Plymouth City, Devon
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6k£7k
  • 2024£5k£6k
  • 2023£5k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£5k
  • 2021£4k£3k
Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE ALLOWANCES FOR 5 STUDENTS FROM PLYMOUTH SCHOOLS, WHO HAVE GAINED EXHIBITIONS OR SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITIES, IN ADDITION TO THEIR GRANTS TWO OF WHICH ARE TO GO TO STUDENTS AT DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS. SOME OF THE INCOME MAY BE APPLIED TO PROVIDING EXHIBITIONS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PRESENT OR PAST PUPILS OF ANY SCHOOL IN PLYMOUTH IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

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.

5 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5Disability 2Economic/community Development/employment 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
306936
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 13TH MAY 1963
Contact on the register
07753308955 · info@olfordbequest.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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