Registered charity · Thatcham
The Alston Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £8.3m (2026)
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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£8.3m£424k
- 2025£4k£439k
- 2024£13k£4k
Earlier years
- 2023£3k£2k
- 2022£4k£4k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO SUSTAINED AN INJURY WHILE HORSE RACING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION;TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OFPEOPLE WHO ARE OR WERE EMPLOYED BY, OR WHO ARE RELATED TO THOSE WHO WERE EMPLOYED BY TENANTS CONSOLIDATED LIMITED OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR SUCH COMPANIES WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME COME (THROUGH A CHANGE OF NAME TAKEOVER AMALGAMATION OR RECONSTRUCTION) TO REPRESENT THAT COMPANY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS; PEOPLE WHO ARE OR WERE INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES; AND GURKHAS AND FORMER GURKHAS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS; BY THE PURCHASE OF NECESSARY ITEMS OR SERVICES OR MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF THESE CONDITIONS; ANDTO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Barbara Jean Haley since 2025
- Peter Coe since 2019
- Richard Laurence Alexander since 2019
- Shan Elizabeth Hunter Martin since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Coe since 2019
- Richard Laurence Alexander since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Barbara Jean Haley since 2025
- Peter Coe since 2019
- Richard Laurence Alexander since 2019
- Shan Elizabeth Hunter Martin since 2025
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
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
- 1188303
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 16 JUL 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01491848500 · info@jamescowperkreston.co.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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