Registered charity · Bournemouth
Bournemouth WAR Memorial Homes
- 6 trustees
- Income £811k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Bournemouth
- Website
- www.bwmh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bournemouth WAR Memorial Homes
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£811k£270k
- 2024£526k£337k
- 2023£466k£349k
Earlier years
- 2022£430k£329k
- 2021£413k£308k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 THE RELIEF OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH. DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION.4.2 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIARIES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.4.3 IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE OBJECTS ABOVE IT MAY BE APPLIED FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES."BENEFICIARIES" MEANS FORMER MEMBERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY, FORMER SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND SURVIVING DEPENDANTS OF MEN OR WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY OR ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND WHO ARE IN NEED OR VULNERABLE BY REASON OF THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO RESIDE OR HAVE RESIDED IN THE BOROUGH OF BOURNEMOUTH.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Peter Anthony Matthews Chair since 2014
- Gordon Andrew Long FCA since 2014
- Mark John Powell since 2015
- Natalie Jayne Burman since 2024
- Ricardo Dominic Cobelli OBE since 2014
- Sophie Round since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Anthony Matthews Chair since 2014
- Gordon Andrew Long FCA since 2014
- Mark John Powell since 2015
- Ricardo Dominic Cobelli OBE since 2014
- Sophie Round since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Peter Anthony Matthews Chair since 2014
- Gordon Andrew Long FCA since 2014
- Mark John Powell since 2015
- Natalie Jayne Burman since 2024
- Ricardo Dominic Cobelli OBE since 2014
- Sophie Round since 2016
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162066
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 JAN 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/06/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 08867218 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01202302881 · estatemanager@bwmh.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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