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Registered charity · Buntingford

Bishop Seth Ward Almshouse Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £108k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.buntingfordalmshouses.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£108k£49k
  • 2023£93k£62k
  • 2022£83k£36k
Earlier years
  • 2021£79k£30k
  • 2020£81k£26k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF A HOSPITAL FOR 4 POOR MEN AND 4 POOR WOMEN, BEING WIDOWERS, WIDOWS, OR SUCH AS HAD NOT BEEN MARRIED; POOR PERSONS TO BE 60 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER AND OF GOOD REPUTE. TWO OF THE MEN AND TOW OF THE WOMEN ALWAYS TO BE SELECTED FORM THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ASPENDEN, AND TOW OF THE MEN AND TWO OF THE WOMEN TO COME FROM THE PARISH OF LAYSTON. IF NONE SO QUALIFIED, INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BUNTINGFORD. INMATES SHALL NOT HAVE OR BE WORTH TEN POUNDS OVER AND ABOVE THEIR WEARING APPAREL AND NECESSARY HOUSEHOLD GOODS, NOT ANY YEARLY INCOME OR PERSONAL ESTATE OF THAT VALUE.

Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

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 10

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£108k 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
240885
Status
Registered
Governing document
I) ORDERS AND CONSTITUTIONS OF FOUNDER 4TH DECEMBER 1684 II) SCHEMES OF 21ST JUNE 1910, 30TH NOVEMBER 1917 AND 1ST NOVEMBER 1957AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 01 FEB 2016
Contact on the register
07958227086 · mhume34@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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