Registered charity · Altrincham
The Bickham Home
The Bickham Home is a registered charity (number 219495) based in Altrincham, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by DR Chris Davies. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Bickham House (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.2m (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
- Trafford, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.bickhamhouse.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.2m
- 2024£1.2m£1.2m
- 2023£947k£971k
Earlier years
- 2022£977k£1.0m
- 2021£992k£981k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
MAINTENANCE OF A HOME FOR DISTRESSED GENTLEFOLK WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE BORN IN OR LONG RESIDENT IN CHESHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR WITHIN A RADIUS OF THREE MILES FROM THE PARISH CHURCH OF BOWDON
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.
6 trustees on the board
- DR Chris Davies Chair
- Elizabeth ANN Haddock since 2023
- IAN Coleman Macklin since 2018
- Jan Ravenscroft since 2018
- Linda Robinson since 2025
- Philip James Long since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- IAN Coleman Macklin since 2018
- Jan Ravenscroft since 2018
- Philip James Long since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- DR Chris Davies Chair
- Elizabeth ANN Haddock since 2023
- IAN Coleman Macklin since 2018
- Jan Ravenscroft since 2018
- Linda Robinson since 2025
- Philip James Long since 2019
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
9.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 219495
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 12 MARCH 1954 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 20 JULY 2004
- Contact on the register
- 01619282514 · info@bickhamhouse.co.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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