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Registered charity · Ashford

John Bowley and Sherwood Almshouses

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £139k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Kent
Website
almshousefolkestone.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
John Bowley and Sherwood Almshouses
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£139k£124k
  • 2024£122k£119k
  • 2023£114k£109k
Earlier years
  • 2022£107k£83k
  • 2021£100k£68k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMODATION FOR PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS RESIDING OR HAVING IMMEDIATE FAMILY RESIDING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THOSE PERSONS IN NEED MAY BE0001 INDIVIDUALS OF EITHER SEX, OR A COUPLE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS.B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.

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.

11 trustees on the board

7.9y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11

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

Health and social care 10Business services 1Other services 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£122k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1143234
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/2011
Companies House
Company number 07568820 · Active
Contact on the register
07970815293 · johnbowleysherwood@gmil.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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