The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Simpsons Almshouses

Registered charity 205950 Registered since 1962

Operates: Hertfordshire

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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

7.4y median 6y
average tenure
31y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

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 9General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£26k latest income

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

Emailj.hamilton371@btinternet.com
Phone07733421395
AddressFlat 23, Maples Court, Bedford Road, HITCHIN, Hertfordshire, SG5 1HF

Finances

£26,419 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£19,494£8,578
2021£20,344£19,314
2022£48,340£14,262
2023£24,902£36,344
2024£26,419£7,746

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR MEMEBERS OF THE CONGREGATION MEETING FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AT CHRISTCHURCH. ON THE OCCASION OF A VACANCY FOR AN ALMSPERSON THERE IS NO SUITABLE APPLICANT AS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES MAY APPOINT A POOR PERSON WHO AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT IS A MEMBER OF A CONGREGATION OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS MEETING FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AT ANY CHAPEL IN OR NEAR HITCHIN.

Governing document: SCHEMES 6 APRIL 1971 AND 15 MAY 1972.

Trustees (9)

9trustees
80median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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