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Registered charity · Shropshire

OLD BEN Homes Limited

OLD BEN Homes Limited is a registered charity (number 1127979) based in Shropshire, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Richard Tredwin since 2022. Latest income £758k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £758k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
East Sussex, Telford & Wrekin
Website
www.oldbenhomes.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
OLD BEN Homes Limited
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£758k£660k
  • 2024£714k£691k
  • 2023£687k£664k
Earlier years
  • 2022£647k£633k
  • 2021£619k£591k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF NEEDY PERSONS ENGAGED OR FORMERLY ENGAGED AND THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AND OTHER IMMEDIATE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED PERSONS WHO IN THEIR LIFETIME WERE ENGAGED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLISHING WHOLESALING OR RETAILING SECTIONS OF THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSES, FLATS OR OTHER DWELLINGS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS HOMES) WITH OR WITHOUT SERVICE AND ANY OTHER FACILITIES AND AMENITIES CONVENIENTLY TO BE ENJOYED THEREWITH.

Board analysis

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.

8 trustees on the board

8.4y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8General 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.

Finance 7Property 5Professional services 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£758k 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.

11.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.5 in 2021

8 from 6 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1127979
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/08/2014 as amended on 10 Dec 2021
Companies House
Company number 06789361 · Active
Contact on the register
01952677257 · angela.farrant@oldbenhomes.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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