Platten and Benson Almshouse Charity
Registered charity 500574 Registered since 1974
Operates: Lancashire
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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
8y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
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
10.9y
average years in governance
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
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Accommodation/housing 13Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.
Health and social care 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£58k latest income
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.
Related organisations
- Lancaster Charity 12 shared trustees
- Friends of the Storey Gardens 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Abbeyfield Lancashire Extra Care Society Support Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Fairfield Association 1 shared trustee
- The Elizabeth and Richard Wilson Charitable Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Friendship Centre 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.lancastercharity.org |
| office@lancastercharity.org | |
| Phone | 01524842663 |
| Address | WILLIAM PENNY'S, REGENT STREET, LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE, LA1 1SG |
Finances
£57,829 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £39,797 | £16,890 |
| 2022 | £39,410 | £28,656 |
| 2023 | £39,295 | £21,428 |
| 2024 | £44,090 | £25,446 |
| 2025 | £57,829 | £59,119 |
What it does
What
Accommodation/housingWho
Elderly/old PeopleHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceCharitable 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.
Governing document: SCHEME OF 4 JANUARY 1974 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 10 DECEMBER 1981
Trustees (13)
13trustees
71median age
2aged 70+
- Roger W Carradice Chair
- Alan Sandham since 2014
- Chris Hannaage band 65-69 since 2013
- Cllr David Owen Brookes since 2012
- Councillor Robert Redfern since 2012
- Cllr Joyce Pritchardage band 70-74 since 2019
- Dr Paul Francis Tynan since 2024
- Keith Buddenage band 75-79 since 2016
- Louise Belcher since 2024
- Nicola Combe since 2022
- Pamela Barker since 2016
- Rev Graham Mark Young since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth Hodgson
Connected charities (12)
- Lancaster Charity 13 shared trustees
- Friends of the Storey Gardens 2 shared trustees
- Bolton LE Sands Village Hall 1 shared trustee
- Bolton LE Sands Free Grammar School 1 shared trustee
- Lune Valley Transport Enterprise Limited 1 shared trustee
- The Abbeyfield Lancashire Extra Care Society Support Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Elizabeth and Richard Wilson Charitable Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Fairfield Association 1 shared trustee
- The Friendship Centre 1 shared trustee
- Claver Hill Project 1 shared trustee
- North Lancashire Citizens Advice Bureau 1 shared trustee
- 1131372 1 shared trustee
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