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Registered charity · Northumberland

Almshouse Charity of John Shaftoe

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £97k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Northumberland
Website
www.shaftoecharities.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£97k£65k
  • 2024£85k£57k
  • 2023£35k£27k
Earlier years
  • 2022£33k£28k
  • 2021£35k£20k
Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS IN NEED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:1. PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF HAYDON WHO ARE OVER SIXTY 2. PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF HAYDON 3. PERSONS RESIDENT ELSEWHERE IN NORTHUMBERLAND WHO ARE OVER SIXTY 4. IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES PERSONS RESIDENT OUTSIDE NORTHUMBERLAND WHO ARE OVER SIXTY.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9.5y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (9)

0
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 9Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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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£97k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
506598
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 17 FEBRUARY 1986 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 26TH NOVEMBER 2003
Contact on the register
07513641342 · clerkshaftoecharities@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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