Registered charity · Newton Abbot
The League of Friends of the Newton Abbot Hospitals
The League of Friends of the Newton Abbot Hospitals is a registered charity (number 284014) based in Newton Abbot, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Ruth Robinson since 2022. Latest income £178k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Newton Abbot Hospital League of Friends (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £178k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ruth RobinsonChair · since 2022
- Ann HoneywillTrustee · since 2023
- Carole HewettTrustee
- Denise KennedyTrustee · since 2022
- Helen LongTrustee
- Jasmine Hellyer GeakeTrustee
- Joyce HarrisTrustee
- Lynne LeamanTrustee · since 2022
- Maureen HainesTrustee · since 2026
- Mike RyanTrustee · since 2020
- MRS J LarcombeTrustee
- Pamela Sylvia GibbsTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Devon
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£178k£202k
- 2024£36k£87k
- 2023£38k£114k
Earlier years
- 2022£75k£46k
- 2021£26k£46k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE NEWTON ABBOT HOSPITALS WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITALS.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Ruth Robinson Chair since 2022
- Ann Honeywill since 2023
- Carole Hewett
- Denise Kennedy since 2022
- Helen Long
- Jasmine Hellyer Geake
- Joyce Harris
- Lynne Leaman since 2022
- MRS J Larcombe
- Maureen Haines since 2026
- Mike Ryan since 2020
- Pamela Sylvia Gibbs since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Mike Ryan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Ruth Robinson Chair since 2022
- Ann Honeywill since 2023
- Carole Hewett
- Denise Kennedy since 2022
- Helen Long
- Jasmine Hellyer Geake
- Joyce Harris
- Lynne Leaman since 2022
- MRS J Larcombe
- Maureen Haines since 2026
- Mike Ryan since 2020
- Pamela Sylvia Gibbs since 2022
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 284014
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- OBJECT AND RULES ADOPTED 09/11/1981 AS AMENDED ON 17/11/2014 as amended on 14 Nov 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01626351245 · nararchurch@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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