Registered charity · Hastings
The Reverend William Batley Almshouse Charity
The Reverend William Batley Almshouse Charity is a registered charity (number 211473) based in Hastings, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Rev Sandi Wickens since 2022. Latest income £13k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Batley Almshouse Charity (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £13k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- East Sussex
- Website
- fairlight-church.weebly.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1968
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13k£6k
- 2024£13k£7k
- 2023£13k£10k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£6k
- 2021£12k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
ALMSHOUSES FOR RESPECTABLE AND DESERVING PERSONS (WHETHER AGED OR INFIRM OR OTHERWISE) INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF FAIRLIGHT.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Rev Sandi Wickens Chair since 2022
- Carol Ann Sharpe since 2025
- Dr William Walker since 2020
- Michael Annetts since 2020
- Valerie Audrey Smith since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr William Walker since 2020
- Michael Annetts since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rev Sandi Wickens Chair since 2022
- Carol Ann Sharpe since 2025
- Dr William Walker since 2020
- Michael Annetts since 2020
- Valerie Audrey Smith since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 211473
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- (U.V. 81 P.388) DEED DATED 1 JULY 1893 AND SCHEME OF 1 JUNE 1971.
- Contact on the register
- 07395 106514 · revsandiwickens@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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