The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Sears Group Trust

Registered charity 1022586 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3 trustees on the board

16.7y median 9y
average tenure
32y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£408k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

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.searsgrouptrust.org.uk
EmailGARY.BRANSTON@SEARSGROUPTRUST.CO.UK
Phone07702520752
AddressThe Trust Partnership Ltd, 6 Trull Farm Buildings, Trull, TETBURY, GL8 8SQ

Finances

£408,405 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£348,176£402,867
2022£309,200£390,539
2023£346,121£415,723
2024£383,146£467,096
2025£408,405£462,869

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST ANY PERSONS WHO ARE EMPLOYEES OF A COMPANY AT A TIME WHEN IT IS A SUBSIDIARY OF SEARS PLC OR WHO WERE EMPLOYEES OF A COMPANY WHEN IT WAS A SUBSIDIARY OF SEARS PLC AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 19 MAY 1993 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 18 FEBRUARY 1997 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 26 FEBRUARY 1997 AND 27 MARCH 2000

Trustees (4)

3trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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