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Registered charity · Dawlish

The Railway Community Homes

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £309k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Accommodation/housing
Where
Devon, Kent
Website
www.rch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Railway Community Homes
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£309k£410k
  • 2024£316k£584k
  • 2023£304k£430k
Earlier years
  • 2022£303k£292k
  • 2021£309k£269k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4. FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED WHETHER BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BY THE PROVISION OF: 4(1) ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSES AND OTHER INDEPENDENT LIVING ACCOMMODATION; AND 4(2) GRANTSTO PERSONS OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES AND IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) PERSONS WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES OF CURRENT OR FORMER NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS;(B) PERSONS WHO ARE EMPLOYEES OF ANY NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ANY NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED UNDERTAKINGS AUXILIARY OR SUBSIDIARY THERETO;(C) PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES OF ANY NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ANY NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED UNDERTAKINGS AUXILIARY OR SUBSIDIARY THERETO;(D) PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES OF ANY PUBLIC OR FORMERLY PUBLIC TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND ANY PUBLIC OR FORMERLY PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS AUXILIARY OR SUBSIDIARY THERETO WHICH OPERATE OR HAVE OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WITH ANY NATIONALISED OR FORMERLY NATIONALISED UNDERTAKINGS AUXILIARY OR SUBSIDIARY THERETO; AND(E) PERSONS WHO ARE THE SPOUSE OR OTHER DEPENDENTS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED CLASSES.

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.

12 trustees on the board

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

10
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 12

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 10Transport 2Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£316k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1142608
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/12/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 OCT 2023 as amended on 25 Feb 2026
Companies House
Company number 07109869 · Active
Contact on the register
01626863303 · enquiries@rch.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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