The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

OLD BEN Homes Limited

Registered charity 1127979 Registered since 2009

Operates: East Sussex, Telford & Wrekin

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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.

8 trustees on the board

8.4y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
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

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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.

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.oldbenhomes.org.uk
Emailangela.farrant@oldbenhomes.com
Phone01952677257
Address33 Old Hall, Lilleshall, NEWPORT, Shropshire, TF10 9JA

Finances

£758,352 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£619,294£590,737
2022£646,675£632,598
2023£686,653£664,398
2024£714,000£691,359
2025£758,352£659,524

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/08/2014 as amended on 10 Dec 2021

Trustees (8)

8trustees
76median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

OLD BEN Homes Limited · 06789361 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/01/2009

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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