The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Ellen's Cottages

Registered charity 240005 Registered since 1965

Operates: Somerset

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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 trustees on the board

3.6y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

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 4Religious Activities 3Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£51k 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Emailbruce.poole02@gmail.com
Phone07887802922
Address10 South Street, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1BS

Finances

£51,414 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£47,118£28,673
2021£69,402£92,828
2022£46,807£26,640
2023£49,703£46,807
2024£51,414£32,206

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR WOMEN OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO ARE WIDOWS OR SPINSTERS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BURNHAM-ON-SEA AND HIGHBRIDGE.

Governing document: SCHEMES OF 8TH JULY 1963, 21ST JULY 1977 AND 4TH FEBRUARY 1993

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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