Registered charity (CIO) · Chichester
The Countess of Derby's Almshouses CIO
The objects of the CIO are:(a) The relief of poverty by the provision of accommodation for the Almspeople, being the residents. The Almspeople shall be persons of good character and communicant members of the Church of England or in good standing...
- 4 trustees
- Income £113k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- West Sussex
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£113k£139k
- 2025£116k£118k
- 2024£120k£111k
Earlier years
- 2023£112k£98k
- 2022£108k£78k
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are:(a) The relief of poverty by the provision of accommodation for the Almspeople, being the residents. The Almspeople shall be persons of good character and communicant members of the Church of England or in good standing of a Church (not in communion with the Church of England) which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity who are resident within a 15 mile area surrounding Chichester (to be extended in exceptional circumstances by the trustees only where the proposed resident has a connection to the locality through either family or friends); and(b) The provision of charitable social housing in the form of almshouse accommodation for the Almspeople (as defined in the preceding paragraph).
Board analysis for researchers
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Jane Charlotte Barnes since 2024
- Lesley Simpson since 2025
- Maria Elsie TOD since 2020
- Nichola Denise Martin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Maria Elsie TOD since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Lesley Simpson since 2025
- Maria Elsie TOD since 2020
- Nichola Denise Martin since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Jane Charlotte Barnes since 2024
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
- 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.
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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
- 1184876
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Aug 2019 as amended on 05 Apr 2024 as amended on 09 Jul 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01243813216 · tanya.wadeson@irwinmitchell.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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