# THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1110964
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05522615](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05522615)
- **Registered:** Aug. 22, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1110964


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION, MARRYOTT HOUSE, BURKITT ROAD, WOODBRIDGE
- **Postcode:** IP12 4JJ
- **Phone:** 01394 615000
- **Email:** enquiries@seckford-foundation.org.uk
- **Website:** www.seckford-foundation.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF CHARITABLE NEEDS ARISING AS A RESULT OF AGE, YOUTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR OTHERWISE AS THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT; IN ADVANCING THIS OBJECT THE GOVERNORS MAY (WITHOUT LIMITATION) PROVIDE ALMSHOUSES FOR THE RESIDENCE OF PERSONS WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT SAVE THAT THE GOVERNORS MAY, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDE ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT PROVIDED THAT THE NUMBER OF SUCH PERSONS DOES NOT EXCEED ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS BENEFITING AT ANY ONE TIME;  2.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING ACADEMIC, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION) IN SUCH MANNER AS THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT AT WOODBRIDGE OF A DAY OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITION AND VALUES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION AT OTHER SCHOOLS; AND  2.1.3 THE MAINTENANCE OF SERVICES OF WORSHIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITIONS AND VALUES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ALMSHOUSE CHAPEL AND THE SCHOOL CHAPEL OF THE CHARITY.

**Activities:** The Seckford Foundation promotes the education of the young and the care of older people in and around Woodbridge. The Foundation owns and operates two significant and long standing institutions in the town, Seckford Care and Woodbridge School.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** A RADIUS OF 40 MILES SURROUNDING THE TOWN OF WOODBRIDGE
- Suffolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Edward Benedict Schlee |  | March 24, 2020 |
| David Charles Humphreys |  | Nov. 27, 2025 |
| Florence Paul |  | Jan. 22, 2025 |
| Howard William Blackett |  | Oct. 3, 2022 |
| MARGARET MCKENNA |  | Sept. 6, 2018 |
| Peter Brown |  | March 5, 2024 |
| Sarah Hill |  | Nov. 1, 2021 |
| Sarah Louise Neesam |  | May 28, 2024 |
| Sharon Diana Mandy Kerridge |  | May 28, 2024 |
| William Geoffrey Fletcher |  | Sept. 13, 2022 |
| William Self |  | Dec. 3, 2021 |



## Linked charities

- THE SECKFORD ENDOWMENT (1110964-1)
- R KENNARD DAVIS MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND (1110964-10)
- CHAPEL PLATE (1110964-2)
- ELLIOTT CHAPEL EXTENSION FUND (1110964-3)
- J R HOOD ENDOWMENT (1110964-4)
- SECKFORD HOSPITAL SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT FUND (1110964-5)
- THE DEBEN FAMILY CENTRE (1110964-6)
- BRIAN DARLING MODERN LANGUAGES AWARD (1110964-7)
- STEPHEN JACKSON PRIZE FUND (1110964-8)
- FRANK MORLEY MATHEMATICS PRIZE ENDOWMENT (1110964-9)



