The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The ST James the Less Litchfield Community Trust

Registered charity 286325 Registered since 1983

Operates: Hampshire

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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.

13y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 2Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 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.

Other services 3Professional services 3Education 2

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£46k latest income · income exceeded spending 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01202204744
AddressSAFFERY CHAMPNESS, MIDLAND HOUSE, 2 POOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH2 5QY

Finances

£45,643 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,480£960
2022£11,451£1,126
2023£13,417£33,466
2024£15,082£1,800
2025£45,643£12,199

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(A) THE REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE LESS LITCHFIELD AND THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE SERVICES THEREIN; (B) THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO THE LITCHFIELD PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITCHURCH WITH TUFTON AND LITCHFIELD; (C) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A CHURCH HALL; (D) THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Governing document: DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 5TH JANUARY 1983

Trustees (3)

3trustees
73median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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