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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
- Penelope ANN Ross Chair since 2016
- John Martin Ross since 2016
- Judith Annette Tipping BSC since 2016
- MR RAY Brash ACA since 2016
- Richard David Peter Stevenson since 2016
- Timothy Martin Evans ACA since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Penelope ANN Ross Chair since 2016
- John Martin Ross since 2016
- Judith Annette Tipping BSC since 2016
- MR RAY Brash ACA since 2016
- Richard David Peter Stevenson since 2016
- Timothy Martin Evans ACA since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Penelope ANN Ross Chair since 2016
- John Martin Ross since 2016
- Judith Annette Tipping BSC since 2016
- MR RAY Brash ACA since 2016
- Richard David Peter Stevenson since 2016
- Timothy Martin Evans ACA since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
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
- 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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