Registered charity · Suffolk
The William and Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes
- 4 trustees
- Income £19k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Rachael PadmanTrustee · since 2016
- Ian Douglas PetcheyTrustee · since 2024
- Michael GarberTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Christopher ChildsTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 6 other charities:
- Poor's Land · 1 shared trustee
- Gazeley United Charities · 1 shared trustee
- Gazeley Village Hall · 1 shared trustee
- Charity 1002083 · 1 shared trustee
- The John Cockerton Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Moulton Charity · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Suffolk
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£19k£21k
- 2024£14k£5k
- 2023£12k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£8k
- 2021£10k£5k
Charitable objects
ALMSHOUSES FOR MARRIED COUPLES WHO ARE IN NEED AND WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO HAVE RESIDED FOR NOT LESS THAN 1 YEAR NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT IN THE AREA CONSISTING OF THE PARISH OF DALHAM AND THE ADJOINING PARISHES. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED AS AFORESAID IN THE PARISH OF DALHAM AND SUBJECT THERETO TO THOSE WHO HAVE RESIDED LONGEST IN THE SAID AREA.IF ON THE OCCASION OF A VACANCY THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES MAY APPOINT MARRIED COUPLES OTHERWISE QUALIFIED WHO ARE RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE SAID AREA AT THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT BUT WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME RESIDED THEREIN, OR SINGLE PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE SAID AREA.
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Rachael Padman since 2016
- Ian Douglas Petchey since 2024
- Michael Garber since 2021
- Rev Christopher Childs since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Rachael Padman since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Rachael Padman since 2016
- Ian Douglas Petchey since 2024
- Michael Garber since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Christopher Childs since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 241534
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE 27 JULY 1971 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 6 JUNE 1988
- Contact on the register
- 01638500546 · RACHAEL.PADMAN@BTINTERNET.COM
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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