Registered charity · Bedford
Richard Hartwell's Almshouse Charity
Richard Hartwell's Almshouse Charity is a registered charity (number 200303) based in Bedford, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by John Howe. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
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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
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Registered
- 1961
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£500
- 2024£8k£500
- 2023£5k£500
Earlier years
- 2022£70£500
- 2021£65£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR WOMEN OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO THROUGH AGE, ILL-HEALTH, ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES BY THEIR OWN EXERTIONS AND SHALL BE EITHER RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF CRANFIELD OR MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE GOVERNING INSTRUMENT).
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.
3 trustees on the board
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 200303
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME SEALED 25TH AUGUST 1961
- Contact on the register
- 01234750288
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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