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Registered charity · Milton Keynes

The Retreat Cottages

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £33k (2024)
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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
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£33k£22k
  • 2023£29k£13k
  • 2022£20k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2021£12k£29k
  • 2020£13k£5k
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

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.

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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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£33k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
238706
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED OF GIFT DATED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1893 AND SCHEME OF 7TH DECEMBER 1970 AND SCHEME OF 11TH APRIL 1991.
Contact on the register
01908563599 · bob.scarff@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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