The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Townsend House Trust

Registered charity 287480 Registered since 1983

Operates: Somerset

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.7y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Recreation 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.

Hospitality 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£9k 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.townsendhouse.org.uk
Phone01643818476
AddressTownsend House, Townsend Road, Minehead, TA24 5RG

Finances

£9,054 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,580£855
2022£7,417£8,106
2023£8,272£13,339
2024£18,454£24,322
2025£9,054£13,840

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AN EXHIBITION, AMENITY AND GENERAL CULTURAL CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST SOMERSET AND VISITORS TO THE DISTRICT TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF WEST SOMERSET INTEREST IN MUSIC, THE ARTS, CRAFTS AND HISTORY.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 10TH JUNE 1983 as amended on 27 Sep 2012 as amended on 11 Nov 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees
81median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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