The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of Canons House

Registered charity 1076352 Registered since 1999

Operates: Wiltshire

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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.

4 trustees on the board

6.5y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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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£10k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01380722359
Address30 St. Andrews Road, MELKSHAM, SN12 7DE

Finances

£9,501 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,173£9,925
2022£3,936£1,900
2023£3,330£1,079
2024£8,775£3,734
2025£9,501£8,761

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND/OR SEVERE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY THE SUPPORT OF THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE RESPITE CARE FACILITY KNOWN AS CANONS HOUSE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 JULY 1998 AS AMENDED 7 JUNE 1999.

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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