Registered charity · Hampshire
Friends of King Alfred Buses
- 8 trustees
- Income £101k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James David Ferdinand FreemanChair · since 2010
- David Richard LedburyTrustee · since 2017
- Henry PrattTrustee · since 2019
- Nicholas Philip RichardsonTrustee · since 2021
- Richard AldousTrustee · since 2024
- Roger Charles HarrisTrustee · since 2017
- Stephen George BigleyTrustee · since 2011
- William Lennox StaniforthTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.kingalfredbuses.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Friends of King Alfred Buses
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£101k£89k
- 2024£170k£173k
- 2023£185k£124k
Earlier years
- 2022£137k£89k
- 2021£86k£84k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSPORT HERITAGE, VEHICLES AND ARTEFACTS OF BUS AND COACH OPERATIONS BY R. CHISNELL & SONS LIMITED (T/A KING ALFRED MOTOR SERVICES) AND OTHER OPERATORS LOCAL TO THE CITY OF WINCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
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
- James David Ferdinand Freeman Chair since 2010
- David Richard Ledbury since 2017
- Henry Pratt since 2019
- Nicholas Philip Richardson since 2021
- Roger Charles Harris since 2017
- Richard Aldous since 2024
- Stephen George Bigley since 2011
- William Lennox Staniforth since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- James David Ferdinand Freeman Chair since 2010
- David Richard Ledbury since 2017
- Henry Pratt since 2019
- Roger Charles Harris since 2017
- Stephen George Bigley since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- James David Ferdinand Freeman Chair since 2010
- David Richard Ledbury since 2017
- Henry Pratt since 2019
- Nicholas Philip Richardson since 2021
- Roger Charles Harris since 2017
- Richard Aldous since 2024
- Stephen George Bigley since 2011
- William Lennox Staniforth since 2024
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1175535
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 OCT 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 11031147 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01962849268 · info@kingalfredbuses.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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