The Countess of Thanet's Almshouse Charity
Registered charity 209495 Registered since 1962
Operates: East Sussex
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- James Murray Willis
- John Henry Harley since 2021
- Mrs Roz Burns since 2016
- Rev Julie Sear since 2014
- Robert Nicholas Thomas Gordon-James since 2025
7y median 7.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Mrs Roz Burns since 2016
- Rev Julie Sear since 2014
12.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- James Murray Willis
- John Henry Harley since 2021
- Mrs Roz Burns since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Julie Sear since 2014
- Robert Nicholas Thomas Gordon-James since 2025
2
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 4General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.
Business services 1Health and social care 1Other services 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.
incomespending£37k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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
- North Wealden Community Transport Partnership Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Amalgamated Hartfield Charities 1 shared trustee
- John Grandorge's Charity 1 shared trustee
- Rand's Educational Foundation for Hartfield 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Coddington United Charity Similar size; both Housing
- Homes for the Homeless (Leicestershire) Limited Similar size; both Housing
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Phone | 01892770259 |
| Address | The Grange, Church Street, HARTFIELD, East Sussex, TN7 4AG |
Finances
£36,887 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £32,492 | £11,994 |
| 2021 | £31,943 | £22,719 |
| 2022 | £33,508 | £15,518 |
| 2023 | £34,508 | £12,088 |
| 2024 | £36,887 | £25,335 |
What it does
What
Accommodation/housingWho
Elderly/old PeopleHow
Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceCharitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
Governing document: SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 9 SEPTEMBER 1976, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28 JUNE 2004.
Trustees (5)
5trustees
71median age
1aged 70+
- James Murray Willis
- John Henry Harleyage band 70-74 since 2021
- Mrs Roz Burns since 2016
- Rev Julie Sear since 2014
- Robert Nicholas Thomas Gordon-Jamesage band 65-69 since 2025
Connected charities (4)
- The Amalgamated Hartfield Charities 1 shared trustee
- John Grandorge's Charity 1 shared trustee
- Rand's Educational Foundation for Hartfield 1 shared trustee
- North Wealden Community Transport Partnership Limited 1 shared trustee
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