Registered charity (CIO) · Cumbria
Kendal Almshouse Charity
- 8 trustees
- Income £265k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Cumbria
- Website
- www.kendalalmshousecharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£265k£204k
- 2024£490k£171k
- 2023£222k£175k
Earlier years
- 2022£197k£194k
- 2021£189k£213k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION IN THE PROPERTIES KNOWN AS THE KENDAL ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF OR LIVE NEAR THE AREAS COMPRISINGA) THE TOWN OF KENDALB) THE PARISHES OF HELSINGTON, NATLAND, NEW HUTTON, PATTON, SCALTHWAITERIGG, SKELSMERGH, STRICKLAND KETEL, STRICKLAND ROGER AND UNDERBARROW AND BRADLEYFIELD; ANDC) IN NO SUITABLE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM INHABITANTS OF THE FOREGOING AREAS (A) OR (B), THE AREA OF SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL; ANDD) IF NO SUITABLE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM INHABITANTS OF THE FOREGOING AREAS (A), (B) OR (C), THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS;ALL WHICH AREAS (S) TO (D) INCLUSIVE ARE IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AND ARE TOGETHER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT", WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN IN ALL AREAS TO QUALIFIED PERSONS WHO ARE AGED 50 YEARS OR OVER.2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CIO OR ANY OF THEM AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Peter Garry Ducksbury Chair since 2017
- Colin Nicholson Thomson since 2025
- Deborah Lund Mrics since 2019
- Hilary Fitch since 2018
- Jennifer Hale since 2021
- John Stirling since 2019
- Louise Gray since 2019
- Suzie Jane Barron since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Garry Ducksbury Chair since 2017
- Deborah Lund Mrics since 2019
- Hilary Fitch since 2018
- John Stirling since 2019
- Louise Gray since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Colin Nicholson Thomson since 2025
Portfolio (7)
- Peter Garry Ducksbury Chair since 2017
- Deborah Lund Mrics since 2019
- Hilary Fitch since 2018
- Jennifer Hale since 2021
- John Stirling since 2019
- Louise Gray since 2019
- Suzie Jane Barron since 2023
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
- 1172208
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 22 MAR 2017AMENDED ON 15 JUL 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01539721375 · kendal@hhlandestates.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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