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Registered charity · Hertfordshire

Dame Letitia Monson's Charity

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £23k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
Hertfordshire
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£23k£19k
  • 2024£22k£21k
  • 2023£20k£16k
Earlier years
  • 2022£19k£10k
  • 2021£18k£20k
Charitable objects

1. THE PAYMENT OF 5 SHILLINGS A YEAR TO THE VICAR OF BROXBOURNE. 2. THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR WIDOWS NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, AND OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF HODDESDON FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

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 10Disability 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£23k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
235416
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME SEALED 8TH JANUARY 1957 AND 6TH MARCH 1959
Contact on the register
07732732359 · brucematthews1@icloud.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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