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Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust

Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust is a registered charity (number 205274) based in Reading, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Linda Palmer since 2018. Latest income £102k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Berkshire Nurses Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £102k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
Website
www.bnrst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£102k£102k
  • 2024£92k£45k
  • 2023£83k£44k
Earlier years
  • 2022£68k£43k
  • 2021£59k£49k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE INCOME AND AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: 1) FOR RELIEF IN SICKNESS. 2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO THROUGH AGE, ILL HEALTH, ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES. 2) (A) NURSES OR MIDWIVES WHO WERE EMPLOYED AS DISTRICT NURSES IN THE AREA OF THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AS CONSTITUTED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO 1 APRIL 1974 BEFORE THE DATE OF THE COMING INTO OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 1946, AND HAVE BEFORE OR SINCE THE LAST MENTIONED DATE CEASED TO BE EMPLOYED IN HOME NURSING IN THE SAID AREA, AND (B) PERSONS EMPLOYED AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE 4 AUGUST 1950 ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE OR CLERICAL STAFF OF THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY NURSING ASSOCIATION.

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.

10 trustees on the board

7.2y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£102k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
205274
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 25 APRIL 1980, UPDATED BY SCHEME SEALED 8 SEPT 1997, AMENDED 6 JULY 1998
Contact on the register
0118 227 9977 · secretary@bnrst.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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