# LAND AND POSSESSIONS OF THE POOR OF ELY OTHERWISE PARSONS' CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 202634
- **Other names:** THOMAS PARSONS CHARITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 21, 1972
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=202634


## Contact

- **Address:** 34 Ward Way, Witchford, ELY, Cambridgeshire
- **Postcode:** CB6 2JR
- **Phone:** 07964542346
- **Email:** r.hughes@thomasparsonscharity.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thomasparsonscharity.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) PAY ú45 YEARLY TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE POOR'S LAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. (2) SO FAR AS REQUISITE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE OR ANY NUMBER OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. (3) FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF THE FORMER URBAN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF ELY AS THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT.

**Activities:** Making grants towards the relief of financial hardship, education, training and for medical needs including grants to other charities and community organisations.Also providing dwellings (almshouses) and supporting the residents who live them.All above activities are limited to an area of benefit which corresponds with the LocalGovernment area administered by the City of Ely Council

**Area of benefit:** URBAN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF ELY.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £449847 | £402310 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £430726 | £299999 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £401407 | £324843 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £344033 | £310551 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £317551 | £218368 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **DAVID JOSEPH BRAND** (Chair)
- Alastair Ambrose David Morbey — appointed April 6, 2018
- Allyson Broadhurst — appointed June 28, 2017
- Andrew Turpin — appointed Oct. 14, 2022
- David Gipp — appointed Jan. 17, 2025
- Joseph James Henry — appointed Oct. 14, 2022
- REV CANON MARK BONNEY — appointed Feb. 7, 2013
- RICHARD OLIVER SETCHELL
- ROBERT CLASBY — appointed Feb. 7, 2013
- Suzanne Margaret Lindsay — appointed April 5, 2019
- The Venerable Richard John StClair Harlow — appointed Oct. 14, 2022