The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Almshouses of the Holy Name

Registered charity 238954 Registered since 1966

Operates: West Sussex

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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

4.2y median 2y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£19k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailalmshouseshn@gmail.com
Phone01273834497
AddressDawn Benson Accountancy Ltd, 38 High Street, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, BN6 9RG

Finances

£18,811 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£14,985£12,272
2022£14,985£9,805
2023£15,197£9,158
2024£16,765£28,985
2025£18,811£47,653

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

19 MAINTENANCE REPAIR OF ALMSHOUSES FOR DESERVING PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO ARE COMMUNICANT MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND HAVE ATTAINED THE AGE OF SIXTY YEARS. 2. PROVISION OF AN EXTRAORDINARY REPAIR FUND. 3. SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENTS AFORESAID FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Governing document: WILL OF 17TH AUGUST 1914 PROVED 23RD MARCH, 1937 (GERALD HENRY STEWART WOOD) AND SCHEME SEALED 14TH OCTOBER, 1965. AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 11TH DECEMBER 1997.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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