John Spicer's Apprenticing Charity
Registered charity 307742 Registered since 1963
Operates: Kent
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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
- Christopher Paul Ditton Chair since 2013
- Colin Gilbert since 2023
- David Nicholas Clarke since 2020
- REV Canon John Tapper
7.3y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Paul Ditton Chair since 2013
10.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Christopher Paul Ditton Chair since 2013
- David Nicholas Clarke since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Colin Gilbert since 2023
- REV Canon John Tapper
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 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 1Retail and trade 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£3k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Thomas Adrian Veitch Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST. Dunstan's, Cranbrook 1 shared trustee
- Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter 1 shared trustee
- The Nellie Fenton Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Butterfly Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Redeemed Christian Church of GOD (Rccg) King of Glory Assembly Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| john.tapper@btinternet.com | |
| Phone | 01580713836 |
| Address | MILL COTTAGE, MILL LANE, SISSINGHURST, CRANBROOK, TN17 2HX |
Finances
£2,672 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £2,535 | £3,681 |
| 2022 | £2,569 | £1,853 |
| 2023 | £2,604 | £940 |
| 2024 | £2,614 | £2,288 |
| 2025 | £2,672 | £1,676 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
To advance the education of poor boys and girls by providing grants for apprenticeships to further their advancement in life.
Governing document: WILL DATED 10 JANUARY, 1709 SCHEME DATED 5 APRIL 1935 as amended on 28 May 2026
Trustees (4)
4trustees
62median age
0aged 70+
- Christopher Paul Ditton Chair since 2013
- Colin Gilbert since 2023
- David Nicholas Clarkeage band 60-64 since 2020
- REV Canon John Tapper
Connected charities (4)
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST. Dunstan's, Cranbrook 1 shared trustee
- Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter 1 shared trustee
- The Nellie Fenton Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
- Thomas Adrian Veitch Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
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