The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Hodson's Horse British Officers Memorial Trust

Registered charity 1005197 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

9y median 9.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Other services 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£9k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailrichard.illingworth@me.com
Phone01305 262479
AddressWHITCOMBE DOWN BARN, WHITCOMBE, DORCHESTER, DT2 8NL

Finances

£8,960 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,022£5,450
2022£7,544£6,700
2023£8,379£6,173
2024£8,080£6,996
2025£8,960£12,131

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAmateur SportArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

IN PERPETUATION OF THE NAME OF THE REGIMENT KNOWN AS HODSON'S HORSE AND THE BRITISH OFFICERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN IT TO ENCOURAGE OFFICERS IN THE BRITISH CAVALRY AND HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY REGIMENTS IN SUCH ADVENTUROUS AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES OF A RECREATIONAL NATURE AS ARE DEFINED AS CHARITABLE BY THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 AND IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES AND EXPEDITIONS ABROAD AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY OF A LIKE NATURE OR OTHERWISE WHICH MAY SERVE TO PERPETUATE THE NAME OF THE REGIMENT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 16TH. SEPTEMBER 1991

Trustees (5)

5trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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