The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Francis Coales Charitable Foundation

Registered charity 270718 Registered since 1976

Operates: Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedford

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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

18y median 18y
average tenure
38y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

24.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 5Other services 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£120k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitefranciscoales.co.uk
EmailADMINISTRATOR@FRANCISCOALES.UK
Phone01934750817
AddressThe Old Rectory, Rectory Way, Lympsham, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, BS24 0EW

Finances

£119,708 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£134,468£132,270
2022£149,302£120,004
2023£122,429£116,999
2024£117,420£118,765
2025£119,708£133,812

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE FUNDS DIRECTLY OR BY WAY OF GRANT OR LOAN TOWARDS I) THE COST OF ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR OTHER METHODS ON SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIAL DATING FROM BEFORE 1875 INCLUDING THE COSTS OF PRINTING AND PUBLICATION (IN WRITING OR ORALLY) OF BOOKS THESES DOCUMENTS AND LECTURES CONCERNED WITH SUCH ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH. II) THE REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF ANY ECCLESIASTICAL OR OTHER BUILDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME OPENED TO PUBLIC VIEW WHICH SHALL HAVE BEEN BUILT BEFORE THE YEAR 1875. III) THE PURCHASE OF ANY LAND OR BUILDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT RESEARCH ON OR RESTORATION OF THE SAME. IV) THE PURCHASE AND STOCKING OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY. V) THE PURCHASE OF ARCHIVES PAPERS AND OTHER ITEMS OF SUFFICIENT EDUCATIONAL, HISTORICAL OR OTHER ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST AND THE REPAIR AND CONSERVATION OF SUCH ITEMS WHETHER IN MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC RECORD OFFICES PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH ARCHIVES PAPERS AND OTHER ITEMS SHALL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEW BY THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 31 DECEMBER 1975 AMENDED BY MEMORANDUM DATED 7 OCTOBER 1991

Trustees (5)

5trustees
71median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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