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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

4y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 2Transport 1

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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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£4k latest income

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
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