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Registered charity · Cumbria

Miss Rowlandson's Almshouses

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £29k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Cumbria
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£29k£13k
  • 2023£34k£6k
  • 2022£27k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2021£26k£7k
  • 2020£29k£7k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 55 RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS LIVING IN THE CHAPELRY OF GRAYRIGG;B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.2) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY ALLOW TO OCCUPY AN ALMSHOUSE OF THE CHARITY, SOMEONE ( WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED) WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 55. 3) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

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

16.4y median 18.5y
average tenure
28y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 8Other Charitable Purposes 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£29k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
223522
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED DATED 6 NOVEMBER 1867 AND SCHEMES OF 18 FEBRUARY 1870 AND 18 JANUARY 1980, AMENDED BY SCHEME 26 JANUARY 2001.
Contact on the register
01539624088 · chaz_robson@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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