Registered charity · Abingdon
Christ's Hospital of Abingdon
- 13 trustees
- Income £944k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Charles BirksChair · since 2021
- Andrew John SkinnerTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Angharad Sarah Ayrton SaundersTrustee · since 2022
- Elio AstoneTrustee · since 2026
- Gabriella BarodyTrustee · since 2022
- Laurence Dennis KingTrustee · since 2017
- Penelope CloverTrustee · since 2025
- Rawda JehanliTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Dr Jennifer BrownTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah HardwickTrustee · since 2026
- Simon HillsTrustee · since 2026
- Simon McconnellTrustee · since 2016
- Stephen William WorkmanTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.ch-of-abingdon.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£944k£1.3m
- 2023£942k£1.2m
- 2022£984k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£925k£743k
- 2020£860k£778k
Charitable objects
ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF ABINGDON AND SUCH PARTS OF THE AREAS OF THE ANCIENT PARISHES OF ST. HELEN, ABINDGDON AND ST. NICHOLAS, ABINGDON AS ARE NOT SITUATED IN THE SAID BOROUGH FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS NEXT PRECEDING TIME OF APPOINTMENT. INCOME TO BE APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE AND SUBJECT THERETO THE GOVERNORS MAY APPLY A YEARLY SUM OF NOT MORE THAN ú1, 800 OR SUCH SUM AS THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVE FROM TIME TO TIME TOWARDS THE COST OF MAINTAINING THE ALBERT PARK PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Charles Birks Chair since 2021
- Andrew John Skinner since 2025
- Dr Angharad Sarah Ayrton Saunders since 2022
- Elio Astone since 2026
- Gabriella Barody since 2022
- Laurence Dennis King since 2017
- Penelope Clover since 2025
- Rawda Jehanli since 2024
- Rev Dr Jennifer Brown since 2025
- Sarah Hardwick since 2026
- Simon Hills since 2026
- Simon Mcconnell since 2016
- Stephen William Workman since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Laurence Dennis King since 2017
- Simon Mcconnell since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Charles Birks Chair since 2021
- Andrew John Skinner since 2025
- Elio Astone since 2026
- Gabriella Barody since 2022
- Rawda Jehanli since 2024
- Rev Dr Jennifer Brown since 2025
- Sarah Hardwick since 2026
- Simon Hills since 2026
- Stephen William Workman since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Angharad Sarah Ayrton Saunders since 2022
- Laurence Dennis King since 2017
- Penelope Clover since 2025
- Simon Mcconnell since 2016
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
92.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 205112
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 25 JANUARY 1971, AMENDED BY REGULATING SCHEME 20 OCTOBER 1999 AND SCHEME DATED 17 JANUARY 2002
- Contact on the register
- 01235526487 · clerk@christshospital.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data