The Countess of Brecknock Hospice Trust

Registered charity 1067238 Registered since 1998

Operates: Hampshire

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Clare Scheckter Chair since 2016
Emma Katrina Sandy since 2018
Mark Hyson FCA since 2022
Rear Admiral Iain Robert Henderson CB CBE DL
Robert Childs since 2022
Simon Charles Tufnell DL since 2023
Vice Admiral Robin Paul Boissier CB since 2019

6y median 5.5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Clare Scheckter Chair since 2016
Emma Katrina Sandy since 2018
Vice Admiral Robin Paul Boissier CB since 2019

14.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Clare Scheckter Chair since 2016
Emma Katrina Sandy since 2018
Mark Hyson FCA since 2022
Rear Admiral Iain Robert Henderson CB CBE DL
Robert Childs since 2022
Simon Charles Tufnell DL since 2023
Vice Admiral Robin Paul Boissier CB since 2019

company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Finance 7Health and social care 7Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across 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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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

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incomespending£1.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

21.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.3 in 2021

3 from 3 in 2021

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.

Also active in the same field

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The Booth Centre Similar size; both Health
Harm Reduction International Similar size; both Health
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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.cobh.org.uk
Email	info@cobh.org.uk
Phone	01264359789
Address	BRECKNOCK HOUSE, HENRY GAMMAN DRIVE, ANDOVER, Hampshire, SP10 3LB

Finances

£1,277,366 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£694,474	£695,451
2022	£609,168	£522,270
2023	£620,173	£813,348
2024	£849,949	£699,085
2025	£1,277,366	£821,133

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHO RESIDE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR WHO HAVE A REAL AND SUBSTANTIAL CONNECTION WITH IT OR WHO RECEIVING TREATMENT OR CARE AT HOSPITALS HOSPICES OR HOMES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND, ANCILLARY TO SUCH RELIEF, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF THEIR FAMILIES FRIENDS AND HELPERS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 16 DECEMBER 1997

Trustees (7)

7trustees

62median age

1aged 70+

Clare Scheckterage band 65-69 Chair since 2016
Emma Katrina Sandyage band 55-59 since 2018
Mark Hyson FCA since 2022
Rear Admiral Iain Robert Henderson CB CBE DL
Robert Childsage band 75-79 since 2022
Simon Charles Tufnell DLage band 45-49 since 2023
Vice Admiral Robin Paul Boissier CB since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Countess of Brecknock Hospice Trust · 03481737 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/12/1997

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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