The Committee of Aldermanic Almoners, Common Council Governors and Donation Governors of Christ's Hospital was scheduled to consider the minutes from its previous meeting and receive an update from Christ's Hospital. The meeting was also scheduled to address urgent business and exclude the public for discussions on non-public matters.

Minutes of Previous Meeting

The Committee was scheduled to agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 27 May 2026. These minutes, available in the document 260527 CH Draft Public Minutes.pdf, detailed discussions regarding efforts to raise Christ's Hospital's profile among Members of the Court. Suggestions included advertising the School in Member Briefing information and inviting other Members to visit the School on key days.

Christ's Hospital Update

A verbal report from Christ's Hospital was scheduled to be heard. This update would cover the School's activities. A similar update was provided at the previous meeting on 27 May 2026, where the Committee received a report on the School's activities and a report concerning the selection of a presentee for September 2026.

Exclusion of the Public

A motion was scheduled to be considered for the exclusion of the public from the meeting. This was to be done under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, on the grounds that the following items were likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information.

Non-Public Agenda Items

Following the exclusion of the public, the Committee was scheduled to agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 27 May 2026. Additionally, a further verbal report from Christ's Hospital was scheduled to be heard, covering non-public matters. Questions on these non-public matters were also on the agenda, along with any other urgent business that the Chairman considered necessary to discuss whilst the public were excluded.

The full agenda for the meeting was available in the document Agenda frontsheet 21st-Oct-2026 11.00 Committee of Aldermanic Almoners Common Council Governors a.pdf. The reports pack for the meeting was published as Public reports pack 21st-Oct-2026 11.00 Committee of Aldermanic Almoners Common Council Governors.pdf.

The meeting was scheduled to be chaired by Jamel Banda, with James St John Davis serving as Deputy Chairman. Other members scheduled to attend included Nicholas Bensted-Smith, John Foley, Deputy Marianne Fredericks, Deputy Jaspreet Hodgson, Shravan Joshi MBE, Alderman Sir Andrew Parmley, Dr Giles Shilson OBE, and Deputy Ann Holmes. The Town Clerk and Chief Executive, Ian Thomas CBE, was also noted in the documentation.