Registered charity · Kent
Benenden Almshouse Charities
- 7 trustees
- Income £598k (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
- Kent
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£598k£42k
- 2024£2.1m£89k
- 2023£52k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£45k£26k
- 2021£45k£58k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 83%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS
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
- Robin Dalton Dalton Holmes Chair since 2012
- Arianwen Catherine Neve
- Arthur Blair Gulland since 2013
- John William Burbage since 2016
- Mary Mackenzie Patricia Helen Cruse since 2014
- REV David James Commander since 2013
- Stephen Cochrane since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Robin Dalton Dalton Holmes Chair since 2012
- Arthur Blair Gulland since 2013
- John William Burbage since 2016
- Mary Mackenzie Patricia Helen Cruse since 2014
- REV David James Commander since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Robin Dalton Dalton Holmes Chair since 2012
- Arianwen Catherine Neve
- John William Burbage since 2016
- Mary Mackenzie Patricia Helen Cruse since 2014
- Stephen Cochrane since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Arthur Blair Gulland since 2013
- REV David James Commander 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 232743
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTSAS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 06 JUL 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01580 240454 · benendenalms@gmail.com
- 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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