Registered charity · Rugeley
Cotton Almshouses
- 3 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
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
- 1969
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£11k
- 2024£11k£12k
- 2023£11k£11k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£12k
- 2021£11k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. INCOME SHALL FIRST BE USED TO DEFRAY THE COST OF REPAIRS AND INSURANCE AND ALL OTHER CHARGES AND OUTGOINGS PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY AND ALL THE PROPER COSTS, CHARGES AND EXPENSES OF AND INCIDENTAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHARITY. 2. SUBJECT TO PAYMENTS ABOVE, INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSWOMEN OR ANY OF THEM WHO SHALL BE POOR WIDOWS OR SPINSTERS OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE AND OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIMES OF APPOINTMENT. TWO OF THE ALMSWOMEN SHOULD ALWAYS BE PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED FOR THE PERIOD AFORESAID IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISHED OF LONGDON AND FAREWELL AND ANOTHER ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PERSON WHO HAS RESIDED IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF RUGELEY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 28 (2) OF THE SCHEME.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Carolyn Mary Carter since 2021
- Diane Valerie Brittain since 2019
- Paul Michael Adams since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Diane Valerie Brittain since 2019
- Paul Michael Adams since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Diane Valerie Brittain since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Carolyn Mary Carter since 2021
- Paul Michael Adams since 2012
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 219341
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 4TH FEBRUARY 1969.
- Contact on the register
- 01543491254
- 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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