The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Newstraid Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 1116824 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Accommodation/housing 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.

Other services 11Tech and media 3Professional services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

42.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 99.2 in 2020

8 from 7 in 2020
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.newstraid.org.uk
Emailoldben@newstraid.org.uk
Phone01279879569
AddressSuite 2, Thremhall Estate, Start Hill, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7TD

Finances

£1,998,538 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,750,007£1,486,241
2022£2,038,402£1,720,403
2023£1,990,390£1,821,709
2024£2,014,360£1,848,618
2025£1,998,538£1,816,986

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Trustees (12)

12trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Newstraid Benevolent Fund · 05973987 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/10/2006

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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