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The Louis Ross Foundation

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £25k (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
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire
Website
www.louisross.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25k£23k
  • 2024£18k£27k
  • 2023£30k£37k
Earlier years
  • 2022£48k£33k
  • 2021£25k£26k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, PROVIDING DONATIONS TO:A) CHARITIES SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE OR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DORSET, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE WHO PROVIDE REGULAR OR ON-GOING CARING SUPPORT TO A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS EITHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY ILL, DISABLED OR ADDICTED TO SUBSTANCES, BY PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR RESPITE ACTIVITIES AND PRACTICAL HELP.B) CHARITIES IN DORSET, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE HELPING HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE SHELTER AND SUSTENANCE WITH THE AIM OF HELPING THEM RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENABLING THEM TO RESUME A NORMAL LIFE.C) INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITIES IN DORSET, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE PROVIDING CARE, RESPITE AND EDUCATION FACILITIES FOR AUTISTIC YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.D) IMPROVE THE EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT DORSET, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE BY INFORMING AND ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, PARENTS, POLICYMAKERS AND PROFESSIONALS.2) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING AWARDS THAT FOSTER INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION IN DORSET, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE

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

10y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 6Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£25k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1168723
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Aug 2016
Contact on the register
01258720772 · rossjohn196@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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