Thomas Sparke
Registered charity 310400 Registered since 1964
Operates: Suffolk
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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.
3 trustees on the board
12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Baber Aitkens since 2014
9.3y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (3)
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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 1Retail and trade 1
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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£206 latest income
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.
Related organisations
- Town Estate Educational Foundation 3 shared trustees
- SIR Robert Gervaise 3 shared trustees
Also active in the same field
- The Sheba Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
- Welwyn Kiwanis Community Chest Trust Fund Similar size; both General purposes
- Royal AIR Forces Association Royston Branch Similar size; both General purposes
- Sandgate Community Trust Limited Similar size; both General purposes
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Phone | 01284830322 |
| Address | Lavender House, Chapel Lane, Brockley, Bury St. Edmunds, IP29 4AS |
Finances
£206 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £192 | £192 |
| 2022 | £197 | £197 |
| 2023 | £198 | £198 |
| 2024 | £201 | £201 |
| 2025 | £206 | £206 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
FOR THE BUYING OF BOOKS FOR, AND THE SCHOOLING OF POOR CHILDREN.
Governing document: WILL DATED 10TH JUNE 1721.
Trustees (3)
3trustees
80median age
1aged 70+
- Colleen Antrobus
- Nigel Baber Aitkens since 2014
- Robin Drayton FCAage band 80-84
Connected charities (2)
- SIR Robert Gervaise 3 shared trustees
- Town Estate Educational Foundation 3 shared trustees
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