Foundation Trustees & Reports
The Trustees of the Foundation are detailed on the Foundation registration pages of The Charity Commission website – under the Foundation registered number (1189334) and the annual financial accounts can be found there also.
The Board of Trustees administer the affairs of the charity and this work is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Foundation Director. Trustees act in a voluntary capacity; utilising their experience, skills and knowledge they are responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Foundation and ensuring the continuing upkeep and enhancement of the properties into the future.
The Board Of Trustees meets four times a year to keep abreast of the on-going work of the Foundation and work on continuing development for those housed in the flats.
Foundation History
The Foundation provides accommodation for ex-service personnel who have a long-term infirmity and those who have served in the Merchant Marine. It was established as a registered charity on the 29th November 1946 having been formerly under the control of the benefactor, Mr. Edward Hayes Dashwood who was the developer who built the majority of the houses on the Hyde Farm Estate.
Between 1896 & 1916 Mr. Dashwood built a considerable number of houses and flats in Balham on the site of an athletics track which in previous times had been a working farm, hence the name of the Hyde Farm Estate. Although at that time Balham had not yet become part of London, the need for housing was steadily increasing quite dramatically. Records show that the first former service residents housed on the Estate were veterans of the Boer War and they were soon joined by First World War veterans who occupied flats as the initial Guests of Mr. Dashwood.
