Registered charity · Lancashire
Platten and Benson Almshouse Charity
Platten and Benson Almshouse Charity is a registered charity (number 500574) based in Lancashire, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Roger W Carradice. Latest income £58k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 13 trustees
- Income £58k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Roger W CarradiceChair
- Alan SandhamTrustee · since 2014
- Chris HannaTrustee · since 2013
- Cllr David Owen BrookesTrustee · since 2012
- Cllr Joyce PritchardTrustee · since 2019
- Councillor Robert RedfernTrustee · since 2012
- Dr Paul Francis TynanTrustee · since 2024
- Keith BuddenTrustee · since 2016
- Louise BelcherTrustee · since 2024
- Nicola CombeTrustee · since 2022
- Pamela BarkerTrustee · since 2016
- Rev Graham Mark YoungTrustee · since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth HodgsonTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.lancastercharity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£58k£59k
- 2024£44k£25k
- 2023£39k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£39k£29k
- 2021£40k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR AGED PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS) ARE RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Roger W Carradice Chair
- Alan Sandham since 2014
- Chris Hanna since 2013
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2012
- Councillor Robert Redfern since 2012
- Cllr Joyce Pritchard since 2019
- Dr Paul Francis Tynan since 2024
- Keith Budden since 2016
- Louise Belcher since 2024
- Nicola Combe since 2022
- Pamela Barker since 2016
- Rev Graham Mark Young since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth Hodgson
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Sandham since 2014
- Chris Hanna since 2013
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2012
- Councillor Robert Redfern since 2012
- Cllr Joyce Pritchard since 2019
- Keith Budden since 2016
- Pamela Barker since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (13)
- Roger W Carradice Chair
- Alan Sandham since 2014
- Chris Hanna since 2013
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2012
- Councillor Robert Redfern since 2012
- Cllr Joyce Pritchard since 2019
- Dr Paul Francis Tynan since 2024
- Keith Budden since 2016
- Louise Belcher since 2024
- Nicola Combe since 2022
- Pamela Barker since 2016
- Rev Graham Mark Young since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth Hodgson
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 500574
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 4 JANUARY 1974 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 10 DECEMBER 1981
- Contact on the register
- 01524842663 · office@lancastercharity.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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