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Registered charity · Shrewsbury

Hobson Charitable Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £5k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£5k£6k
  • 2025£5k£5k
  • 2024£5k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2023£4k£6k
  • 2022£5k£1k
Charitable objects

INCOME FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT WITH PRIOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE FOLLOWING:- A) ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. B) PROVISION FOR PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR PERSONS UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD SUCH WITHOUT UNDUE SACRIFICE OR HARDSHIP. C) PROVISION OF FOOD, CLOTHING AND ACCOMMODATION FOR NEEDY PERSONS OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE.

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.

8y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (3)

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company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 2Animals 1Disability 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£5k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
247437
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED DATED 26 JANUARY 1966
Contact on the register
01743 891630
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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