Registered charity · Marlborough
The Duchess of Somerset's Hospital
The Duchess of Somerset's Hospital is a registered charity (number 202650) based in Marlborough, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Duke John Somerset. Latest income £445k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as The College (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £445k (2025)
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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
- Wiltshire
- Website
- www.duchessofsomerset.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£445k£328k
- 2024£369k£425k
- 2023£335k£409k
Earlier years
- 2022£322k£385k
- 2021£323k£299k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE BENEFIT OF THE INMATES OF THE CHARITY WHO SHALL BE POOR WIDOWS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT AT THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT IN RECEIPT OF POOR-LAW RELIEF OTHER THAN MEDICAL RELIEF.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Duke John Somerset Chair
- Anne Oliver
- Clare Macinnes since 2025
- Dr Rodney Owen Jones since 2015
- Martin Gibson
- Mrs Joanna Gail Cowley since 2016
- Richard Marcus Nocton
- Sarah Jane Muirhead since 2025
- Tertius Hough since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Rodney Owen Jones since 2015
- Mrs Joanna Gail Cowley since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Duke John Somerset Chair
- Dr Rodney Owen Jones since 2015
- Mrs Joanna Gail Cowley since 2016
- Richard Marcus Nocton
- Sarah Jane Muirhead since 2025
- Tertius Hough since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Anne Oliver
- Clare Macinnes since 2025
- Martin Gibson
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.
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
- 202650
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE 3RD DECEMBER 1926 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF THE 26TH JANUARY 1945, 21ST MARCH 1958,28TH SEPTEMBER 1966 AND 18TH JANUARY 1991.
- Contact on the register
- 01488684408 · steward@duchessofsomerset.co.uk
- 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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