Registered charity · Emsworth
Friends of Alton Abbey
Friends of Alton Abbey is a registered charity (number 284876) based in Emsworth, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Lynne Wilma Rapson. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Lynne Wilma RapsonChair
- Dennis IAN ChandlerTrustee · since 2013
- Dr Jill HurleyTrustee · since 2013
- Emma BrookTrustee · since 2015
- Francis Mary ChildsTrustee · since 2021
- Gill FlemingTrustee · since 2017
- Rev Giles Hill OSB ex-OfficioTrustee · since 2014
- Rev Jane Elizabethh LeeseTrustee · since 2018
- REV Simon Douglas LaneTrustee · since 2016
- William Andrew TrotterTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.altonabbey.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£538
- 2024£21k£538
- 2023£8k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£2k
- 2021£13k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ALTON ABBEY.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Lynne Wilma Rapson Chair
- Dennis IAN Chandler since 2013
- Dr Jill Hurley since 2013
- Emma Brook since 2015
- Francis Mary Childs since 2021
- Gill Fleming since 2017
- REV Simon Douglas Lane since 2016
- Rev Giles Hill OSB ex-Officio since 2014
- Rev Jane Elizabethh Leese since 2018
- William Andrew Trotter since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dennis IAN Chandler since 2013
- Dr Jill Hurley since 2013
- Emma Brook since 2015
- Gill Fleming since 2017
- REV Simon Douglas Lane since 2016
- Rev Giles Hill OSB ex-Officio since 2014
- Rev Jane Elizabethh Leese since 2018
- William Andrew Trotter since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Lynne Wilma Rapson Chair
- Dr Jill Hurley since 2013
- Emma Brook since 2015
- Francis Mary Childs since 2021
- Gill Fleming since 2017
- REV Simon Douglas Lane since 2016
- Rev Giles Hill OSB ex-Officio since 2014
- Rev Jane Elizabethh Leese since 2018
- William Andrew Trotter since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Dennis IAN Chandler 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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 284876
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 APRIL 1982 AS AMENDED 15 OCTOBER 1988 AND 27 OCTOBER 2001 AS AMENDED 2 OCTOBER 2004
- Contact on the register
- 01243430022 · deyechandler@hotmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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