The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Retreat Cottages

Registered charity 238706 Registered since 1965

Operates: Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes

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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.

6 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Accommodation/housing 5Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£33k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailbob.scarff@outlook.com
Phone01908563599
Address147 High Street, Stony Stratford, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1AT

Finances

£32,723 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£13,043£5,167
2021£12,024£28,630
2022£20,442£34,618
2023£29,363£12,838
2024£32,723£22,154

What it does

What

DisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

COTTAGES FOR AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF ST MARY MAGDALENE AND ST GILES STONY STRATFORD AFORESAID AND SUCH PARTS OF THE ADJOINING PARISHES OF CALVERTON AND WOLVERTON WITHIN THE A DISTANCE OF 500 YARDS OF THE MARKET SQUARE IN STONY STRATFORD

Governing document: DEED OF GIFT DATED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1893 AND SCHEME OF 7TH DECEMBER 1970 AND SCHEME OF 11TH APRIL 1991.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
73median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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