The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Charity Known AS the Retreat

Registered charity 211028 Registered since 1963

Operates: Kent

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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.

4 trustees on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£13k 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailjanecmars@gmail.com
Phone07590927329
AddressElliots House, Rogues Hill, Penshurst, TONBRIDGE, Kent, TN11 8BQ

Finances

£13,467 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£12,251£10,495
2021£12,264£7,380
2022£12,573£15,622
2023£13,168£9,222
2024£13,467£12,454

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR THE POOR, PREFERENCE GIVEN TO OLD AGE PENSIONERS RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF PENSHURST AND FORDCOMBE.

Governing document: INDENTURE DATED 2ND DEC.1922 C.C. SCHEMES DATED 19TH FEB. 1932.AND 6TH APRIL 1962

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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