Registered charity · Surrey
The Besom in Ashtead and Leatherhead
- 5 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.besominashtead.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Besom in Ashtead and Leatherhead
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£30k
- 2024£41k£45k
- 2023£40k£45k
Earlier years
- 2022£35k£32k
- 2021£22k£26k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 30%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENGLISH LAW.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
5 trustees on the board
- John Richard Ashurst Chair since 2024
- Christopher John Lovegrove since 2024
- John Start
- Julia Anne Brand
- Paul Joseph Gorton since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Christopher John Lovegrove since 2024
- John Start
- Julia Anne Brand
- Paul Joseph Gorton since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- John Richard Ashurst Chair since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1138481
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 MAY 2009.
- Companies House
- Company number 06915335 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07904679380 · besominashtead@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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