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Registered charity (CIO) · Devon

Barnstaple Almshouses

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £225k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Devon
Website
www.barnstaplealmshouses.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£225k£249k
  • 2024£213k£105k
  • 2023£190k£117k
Earlier years
  • 2022£206k£125k
  • 2021£175k£184k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;2) SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIARIES OR A SUFFICIENT SECTION OF THEM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE;3)THE RELIEF, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

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.

12 trustees on the board

5.3y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

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company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12

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£225k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1186225
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Nov 2019
Contact on the register
07359616227 · admin@barnstaplealmshouses.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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