Registered charity · Gloucester
The Free Hospital Fund for Children
The Free Hospital Fund for Children is a registered charity (number 205115) based in Gloucester, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Reuben Stanley since 2014. Latest income £26k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £26k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£26k£55k
- 2024£25k£29k
- 2023£25k£23k
Earlier years
- 2022£25k£25k
- 2021£24k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF SICK AND SUFFERING CHILDREN OF THE POOR.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Reuben Stanley Chair since 2014
- Deborah Clare Fenton
- Dr Graham Cole since 2015
- Heather Julie Sutcliffe since 2017
- James David Gambier Fenton since 2023
- Ruth Hilary Woodliffe since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Reuben Stanley Chair since 2014
- Dr Graham Cole since 2015
- Heather Julie Sutcliffe since 2017
- Ruth Hilary Woodliffe since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Reuben Stanley Chair since 2014
- Deborah Clare Fenton
- Dr Graham Cole since 2015
- Heather Julie Sutcliffe since 2017
- James David Gambier Fenton since 2023
- Ruth Hilary Woodliffe since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 205115
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEMES OF THE 26TH FEBRUARY 1951 24TH FEBRUARY 1953 AND 12TH APRIL 1973, SCHEME 24 MAY 1999. AMENDMENT 28 JULY 1999
- Contact on the register
- 01452328071 · kelly.chisholm@gloucestershire.gov.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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