Registered charity · Barnstaple
Salem and Fremington Almshouse Charity
Salem and Fremington Almshouse Charity is a registered charity (number 253191) based in Barnstaple, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Linda Hancox since 2012. Latest income £46k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
Also known as Salem and Fremington Almshouses (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £46k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Devon
- Registered
- 1970
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£58k
- 2024£44k£45k
- 2023£41k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£46k£51k
- 2021£43k£23k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALMSPEOPLE WHO SHALL BE POOR MARRIED COUPLES OR SINGLE PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF FREMINGTON AND THE BOROUGH OF BARNSTAPLE AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 21 OF THE SCHEME OF 12TH NOVEMBER 1970
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Linda Hancox Chair since 2012
- Gwyneth Braunton since 2013
- Peter Kidd since 2014
- Susan Bennett since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Linda Hancox Chair since 2012
- Gwyneth Braunton since 2013
- Peter Kidd since 2014
- Susan Bennett since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Linda Hancox Chair since 2012
- Gwyneth Braunton since 2013
- Peter Kidd since 2014
- Susan Bennett since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 253191
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 12 NOVEMBER 1970
- Contact on the register
- 07546335159 · phillhowe@outlook.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 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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