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Registered charity · Dorset

The Almshouse of ST John the Baptist and ST John the Evangelist

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £136k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities and 1 more
Where
Dorset, Somerset
Website
www.stjohnsalmshouse.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£136k£216k
  • 2023£180k£486k
  • 2022£335k£436k
Earlier years
  • 2021£385k£445k
  • 2020£404k£484k
Charitable objects

THE RESIDENTS SHALL COMPRISE INDIVIDUALS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO, AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT, ARE IN NEED OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PREFERENCE NAMELY:FIRST, HOUSEHOLDERS IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF SHERBORNE;SECONDLY, PERSONS RESIDING THE SAID AREA; ANDTHIRDLY, PERSONS RESIDING IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF SHERBORNE AND THE RURAL DISTRICT OF SHERBORNE, BOTH AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME.

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.

4.6y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Accommodation/housing 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£136k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
202499
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 15 SEP 1953AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 08 AUG 2024
Contact on the register
01935813245 · steward@stjohnshouse.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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