The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Hospital of the Blessed Mary, Commonly Called ST Mary's, Hospital, Chichester

Registered charity 202631 Registered since 1962

Operates: West Sussex

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (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.

Accommodation/housing 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1

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£1.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021

4 from 6 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.stmarysalmshouses.org.uk
Emailstmaryshospital@sheen-stickland.co.uk
Phone01243783377
AddressSt. Marys Hospital, St. Martins Square, CHICHESTER, West Sussex, PO19 1NR

Finances

£1,069,360 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£905,818£786,380
2022£873,242£915,759
2023£1,019,991£1,103,191
2024£1,075,963£1,074,327
2025£1,069,360£1,843,889

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity are, for the benefit of the public, the relief of financial hardship by (a) the provision of almshouse and other social housing accommodation in Chichester, and such ancillary equipment, services and financial relief and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, contributions to the costs of accommodation and medical and nursing care, as the trustees see fit for the benefit of the residents; and (b) the making of charitable grants or payments for the relief of persons in the Area of Benefit in particular in relation to their housing needs. The Area of Benefit of the charity shall be any area within the Diocese of Chichester which is not more than 15 miles in a straight line from the Cathedral Church of Chichester, with a preference for the City of Chichester (?Area of Benefit?), or such closely adjoining area subject to the discretion of Trustees. (?Objects?)

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 04/11/1898AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17/02/1905AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 13/02/1987AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 08/08/1991AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 02/01/1997 as amended on 20 Feb 2018 as amended on 26 Jun 2018 as amended on 03 Nov 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
75median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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