Registered charity · Warwickshire
The Alan Edward Higgs Charity
The Alan Edward Higgs Charity is a registered charity (number 509367) based in Warwickshire, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Alexander Edward William Barrett since 2021. Latest income £955k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £955k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Coventry City, Warwickshire
- Website
- www.higgscharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£955k£735k
- 2024£676k£621k
- 2023£575k£639k
Earlier years
- 2022£583k£548k
- 2021£417k£903k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH SHALL BENEFIT WHOLLY OR MAINLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA WITHIN 25 MILES OF THE CENTRE OF COVENTRY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SELECT, WITH A PREFERENCE AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE TO THE PROMOTION OF CHILD WELFARE AND PARTICULARLY THE WELFARE OF UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Alexander Edward William Barrett Chair since 2021
- Emily Lucy Barlow since 2012
- Emma Louise Bates since 2022
- Marilyn Freda Knatchbull-Hugessen JP
- Steven Alan Cooke since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Emily Lucy Barlow since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Emma Louise Bates since 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Alexander Edward William Barrett Chair since 2021
- Emily Lucy Barlow since 2012
- Marilyn Freda Knatchbull-Hugessen JP
- Steven Alan Cooke since 2021
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
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 509367
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED DATED 28TH SEPTEMBER 1979
- Contact on the register
- 02476221311 · clerk@higgscharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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