The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Merchant's House (Marlborough) Trust

Registered charity 1010902 Registered since 1992

Operates: Wiltshire

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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 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Accommodation/housing 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 9Retail and trade 4Education 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£161k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.themerchantshouse.co.uk
Emailtrustmanager@themerchantshouse.co.uk
Phone01672511491
Address132 HIGH STREET, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 1HN

Finances

£160,588 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£138,837£111,949
2021£170,099£172,486
2022£94,533£130,615
2023£131,519£209,003
2024£160,588£167,496

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF MARLBOROUGH IN THE DISTRICT OF KENNET IN THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE DISTRICT OF KENNET AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290 (1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST. B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SAID TOWN OF MARLBOROUGH AND IN THE NATION AT LARGE BY AQUIRING HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND CONSERVING RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 APRIL as amended on 24 Sept 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
69median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Merchant's House (Marlborough) Trust · 02704749 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/04/1992

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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