The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Helston Downsland Charity

Registered charity 235477 Registered since 1964

Operates: Cornwall

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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.

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (7)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Education 1

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£32k 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.helstondownsland.org.uk
Emailm.Benyon@helstondownsland.org.uk
Phone07594 570450
Address1 Higher Penrose Cottages, HELSTON, Cornwall, TR13 0RB

Finances

£31,514 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£27,558£49,674
2022£22,246£10,011
2023£23,256£36,288
2024£23,635£32,130
2025£31,514£34,651

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Governing document: REGULATED BY SCHEME 5TH DECEMBER 1991, AS AMENDED UNDER SECTION 74D OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 AS AMENDED BY THE CHARITIES ACT 2006 ON THE 13 NOVEMBER 2007. as amended on 15 Sep 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees
73median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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