Registered charity (CIO) · Somerset
The Blue House
- 12 trustees
- Income £183k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Miriam ChealChair · since 2018
- Anne Christine OakesTrustee · since 2016
- David Alan OakensenTrustee · since 2016
- Denise KirkhopeTrustee · since 2024
- Dominic HallTrustee · since 2026
- John Guy MonsonTrustee · since 2024
- Maeve EnglandTrustee · since 2022
- MR JIM DowlingTrustee · since 2016
- Robin IsherwoodTrustee · since 2021
- Sarah SandonTrustee · since 2021
- Simon MilnerTrustee · since 2025
- Stuart John BarnesTrustee · since 2022
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, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.thebluehousefrome.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£183k£157k
- 2024£165k£179k
- 2023£126k£136k
Earlier years
- 2022£119k£115k
- 2021£122k£88k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES.(2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE BENEFICIARIES OR A SUFFICIENT SECTION OF THEM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE.'BENEFICIARIES' (AND OTHER TERMS REFERRED TO IN THE DEFINITION) ARE DEFINED IN INTERPRETATIONS CLAUSE 30 AS BELOW:"BENEFICIARIES" MEANS AGED PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN IN OR WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (OR PEOPLE WITH A STRONG SOCIAL OR FAMILY CONNECTION TO, OR IN URGENT NEED OF LIVING IN, THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO HAVE A HOUSING NEED OR ARE IN OTHER HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS DEFINED IN THE ALLOCATIONS POLICY. "AREA OF BENEFIT" MEANS THE SOMERSET PARISHES OF BECKINGTON, BERKLEY, BUCKLAND DINHAM, FROME, GREAT ELM, LULLINGTON, NUNNEY, SELWOOD, TRUDOXHILL AND WHATLEY AND, IF THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FORTHCOMING FROM THESE PLACES, THE SURROUNDING AREA.
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
- Miriam Cheal Chair since 2018
- Anne Christine Oakes since 2016
- David Alan Oakensen since 2016
- Denise Kirkhope since 2024
- Dominic Hall since 2026
- John Guy Monson since 2024
- Maeve England since 2022
- MR JIM Dowling since 2016
- Robin Isherwood since 2021
- Sarah Sandon since 2021
- Stuart John Barnes since 2022
- Simon Milner since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Miriam Cheal Chair since 2018
- Anne Christine Oakes since 2016
- David Alan Oakensen since 2016
- MR JIM Dowling since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Miriam Cheal Chair since 2018
- David Alan Oakensen since 2016
- Denise Kirkhope since 2024
- Dominic Hall since 2026
- John Guy Monson since 2024
- Maeve England since 2022
- Robin Isherwood since 2021
- Sarah Sandon since 2021
- Stuart John Barnes since 2022
- Simon Milner since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Anne Christine Oakes since 2016
- MR JIM Dowling 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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165878
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 04 MAR 2016AMENDED ON 10 JUL 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01373462577 · enquiries@thebluehousefrome.co.uk
- 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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