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Registered charity · Ellesmere Port

The Educational Charity of John Matthews

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £26k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Powys, Shropshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire
Website
www.johnmathewscharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£26k£29k
  • 2024£19k£23k
  • 2023£33k£32k
Earlier years
  • 2022£17k£14k
  • 2021£16k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

PROMOTING THE EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, OF PERSONS OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY: A) PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE KINDRED OF JOHN MATTHEWS, THE FOUNDER OF THE CHARITY. B) PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE RESIDENT IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHIRK, LLANARMON-ON-YALE, LLANDEGLA, LLANGOLLEN RURAL AND LLANTYSILIO. C) PERSONS UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE RESIDENT IN THE ARE COMPRISING THE DISTRICT OF GLYNDWR AND THE BOROUGH OF WREXHAM MAELOR, BOTH IN THE COUNTY OF CLWYD AND THE BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY IN THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE.

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.

6 trustees on the board

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

0
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 6General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Religious Activities 1

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.

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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£26k 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
525553
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 08/05/1989AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28/09/1990
Contact on the register
07903936012 · pbsberllan@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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