Registered charity · Chester
Lady Hewley's Charity
Lady Hewley's Charity is a registered charity (number 230043) based in Chester, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £858k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £858k (2025)
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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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Lancashire, Northumberland, City Of York
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£858k£505k
- 2024£463k£581k
- 2023£378k£526k
Earlier years
- 2022£439k£402k
- 2021£288k£451k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:A) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF BAPTIST, CONGREGATIONAL AND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH MINISTERS AND MEMBERS, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL AND THE PROMOTION OF PREACHING, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR SUCH WORK IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEN AND WOMEN FOR THE BAPTIST, CONGREGATIONAL, AND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH MINISTRIES, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE INCLUDING THE AWARD OF GRANTS, ALLOWANCES AND OTHER FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL SUPPORT.C) TO RELIEVE FROM NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS WHETHER BY REASON OF POVERTY, AGE OR DISABILITY, PERSONS WHO ARE: (I) BAPTIST, CONGREGATIONAL AND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH MINISTERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS (II) THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND MINISTERS(III) MEMBERS OF ANY BAPTIST, CONGREGATIONAL, OR UNITED REFORMED CHURCHBY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE, INCLUDING THE AWARD OF FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL SUPPORT.D) TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY: (I) PROVIDING HOUSING ACCOMMODATION TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AND AGED OVER 55 YEARS AND OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH (II) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.2. IN CARRYING OUT THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS, THE TRUSTEES MUST GIVE PREFERENCE TO PLACES SITUATED IN AND PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND THEN TO OTHER AREAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Alastair Forsyth since 2021
- Dr Andrew Graydon since 2018
- Dr David Stuart Robinson
- Dr Phillip Arthur Thake
- Neil Mackenzie
- Rev John Bentham since 2020
- Rev Philip Andrew Jump since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Andrew Graydon since 2018
- Rev John Bentham since 2020
- Rev Philip Andrew Jump since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alastair Forsyth since 2021
- Dr Andrew Graydon since 2018
- Dr David Stuart Robinson
- Dr Phillip Arthur Thake
- Rev John Bentham since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Neil Mackenzie
- Rev Philip Andrew Jump since 2013
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.
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
9.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 230043
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 16/06/2011 as amended on 04 Nov 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01244 400315
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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