The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

John Higgott's Almshouses

Registered charity 214465 Registered since 1966

Operates: Derbyshire

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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.

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 3Education/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.

Education 2Professional services 2

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.
2021
2022
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2025
incomespending£12k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Emailtony.ratcliffe@talktalk.net
Phone01283702336
AddressWaterside, Blacksmiths Lane, Newton Solney, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0SD

Finances

£11,950 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£15,505£11,282
2022£10,140£10,072
2023£10,640£5,489
2024£9,735£14,928
2025£11,950£27,603

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAccommodation/housingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

1) PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR AND DESERVING PERSONS OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE OF GOOD CHARACTER AND CLEANLY HABITS (PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO AGED OLD AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS OR THEIR WIDOWS WHO SHALL HAVE RESIDED IN THE PARISHES OF NEWTON SOLNEY AND REPTON OR ONE OF THEM FOR NOT LESS THAN 10 YEARS). 2) PROVISION OF AN EXTRAORDINARY REPAIR FUND. 3) SUBJECT THERETO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED THE 30TH DECEMBER 1876 AND SCHEME OF THE 26TH AUGUST 1966.

Trustees (4)

4trustees
81median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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