Registered charity · Rugeley
The Birch, Samson and Littleton United Charities
- 8 trustees
- Income £61k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Staffordshire
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£61k£79k
- 2025£63k£84k
- 2024£61k£65k
Earlier years
- 2023£57k£56k
- 2022£55k£54k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES SUBJECT TO SUB-CLAUSE 4 (3) BELOW; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.(2) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 5 (POWER TO DISPOSE OF AND REPLACE PURPOSE PROPERTY), THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEE FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.(3) THE TRUSTEE MUST RETAIN 6 OF THE CHARITY’S ACCOMMODATION UNITS FOR USE BY BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE SINGLE WOMEN. “BENEFICIARIES” MEANS POOR PERSONS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PERSONS OF 50 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Elizabeth Coles Chair since 2014
- Barbara Astley
- Christine Upton since 2011
- Daniel Briggs since 2015
- Doreen Bradbury since 2026
- Ella Smith since 2023
- Rev Catherine Mary Alexandra Leighton since 2023
- Roz Jones since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Coles Chair since 2014
- Christine Upton since 2011
- Daniel Briggs since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Barbara Astley
- Christine Upton since 2011
- Daniel Briggs since 2015
- Doreen Bradbury since 2026
- Ella Smith since 2023
- Roz Jones since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Elizabeth Coles Chair since 2014
- Rev Catherine Mary Alexandra Leighton since 2023
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
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
- 218971
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 23/10/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07790895387 · contact@birchsamsonlittletonuc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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