Registered charity · West Yorkshire
Freeston and Sagar's Almshouses
Freeston and Sagar's Almshouses is a registered charity (number 209795) based in West Yorkshire, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Benjamin Drew Thaler since 2005. Latest income £486k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £486k (2025)
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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
- Disability, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- City Of Wakefield
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£486k£108k
- 2024£81k£124k
- 2023£70k£200k
Earlier years
- 2022£73k£225k
- 2021£24k£38k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(I) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR PERSONS IN NEED IN THE AREA COMPRISING THE TOWN OF NORMANTON, THE PARISHES OF SHARLSTON AND WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH AND THE AREA OF THE FORMER PARISH OF ACTON AND SYNDALE ALL IN THE COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE. (II) SUBJECT TO (1) THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Drew Thaler Chair since 2005
- John Brennan since 2012
- Robin Sanderson
- Ryszard Tosta since 2016
- Rev Alan Murray since 2014
- Rev Louise Tinniswood since 2016
- Susan Elaine Blezard since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin Drew Thaler Chair since 2005
- John Brennan since 2012
- Ryszard Tosta since 2016
- Rev Alan Murray since 2014
- Rev Louise Tinniswood since 2016
- Susan Elaine Blezard since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Benjamin Drew Thaler Chair since 2005
- John Brennan since 2012
- Robin Sanderson
- Ryszard Tosta since 2016
- Susan Elaine Blezard since 2012
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Alan Murray since 2014
- Rev Louise Tinniswood 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.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 209795
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 1 MAY 1987
- Contact on the register
- 07486568188 · johnbrearton22@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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