Lady Forester Hospital Trust

Registered charity 1010199 Registered since 1992

Operates: Shropshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Lord George Forester Chair since 2013
Caroline Bagnall since 2020
Hilary A Fox since 2022
Margaret Hazeldine since 2025
Sheila Keenan since 2022
Susan Evans-Turner since 2023

5.2y median 4y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lord George Forester Chair since 2013
Caroline Bagnall since 2020

11.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Lord George Forester Chair since 2013
Caroline Bagnall since 2020
Hilary A Fox since 2022
Sheila Keenan since 2022
Susan Evans-Turner since 2023

Portfolio (1)

Margaret Hazeldine since 2025

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Health and social care 6Agriculture 2Arts and leisure 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£705k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.8 in 2021

17 from 22 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Willey and District Village Hall 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Community Care Options Similar size; both Disability
World Federation of Neurology Similar size; both Disability
People to Places Similar size; both Disability
The Sussex Snowdrop Trust Similar size; both Disability
Blackburn & District Supported Housing Limited Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	theladyforestercentre.org.uk
Email	debbie@theladyforestercentre.org.uk
Phone	01952 884539
Address	The Lady Forester Centre, Dovehouse Court, BROSELEY, Shropshire, TF12 5DB

Finances

£705,220 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£392,969	£468,818
2022	£433,069	£468,318
2023	£619,844	£610,223
2024	£649,376	£666,832
2025	£705,220	£729,028

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF AGE OR MENTAL ILLNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP REQUIRE SPECIAL CARE, EDUCATION OR TRAINING. TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING SCHOOLS, HOMES, HOSTELS AND TRAINING CENTRES. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 APRIL 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 OCTOBER 1991

Trustees (6)

6trustees

79median age

4aged 70+

Lord George Forester Chair since 2013
Caroline Bagnallage band 65-69 since 2020
Hilary A Foxage band 75-79 since 2022
Margaret Hazeldineage band 75-79 since 2025
Sheila Keenanage band 80-84 since 2022
Susan Evans-Turner since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Lady Forester Hospital Trust · 02375555 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/04/1989

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Willey and District Village Hall 1 shared trustee

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