The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 1026752 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£643k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.5 in 2021

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Emailinfo@duchyoflancaster.co.uk
Phone02072691700
AddressDUCHY OF LANCASTER, 1 LANCASTER PLACE, LONDON, WC2E 7ED

Finances

£643,419 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£361,714£1,116,733
2022£510,882£620,122
2023£938,089£1,058,816
2024£1,393,338£1,602,757
2025£643,419£592,456

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITIES (FOR THEIR GENERAL PURPOSES OR FOR ANY SPECIAL PURPOSES IN EITHER CASE BEING QUALIFYING CHARITABLE PURPOSES) AND IN OR TOWARDS SUCH QUALIFYING CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE DECLARATION OF TRUST )

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 1993 AS AMENDED BY DEEDS OF VARIATION DATED 31 MAY 1994, 30 JANUARY 1998 AND 14 OCTOBER 2004.

Trustees (7)

7trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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