The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Ellen and Dorothy Wilson Almshouse Charity

Registered charity 224417 Registered since 1963

Operates: City Of York

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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.

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

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 4Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£36k 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailellenwilsonhospital@gmail.com
Phone01904655200
Addressc/o St. Lawrence Parish Church, Lawrence Street, YORK, YO10 3WP

Finances

£36,315 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£28,491£19,137
2022£29,615£32,653
2023£32,046£53,239
2024£30,523£50,780
2025£36,315£53,816

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(1) PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, AND WHO ARE DISABLED OR WHO ARE AGED NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS AND WHO HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT; (2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE (3) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE (KNOWN AS ELLEN WILSON’S ALMSHOUSES) MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 12/07/2011 as amended on 16 Feb 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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