The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Groton Winthrop Mulberry Trust

Registered charity 1032579 Registered since 1994

Operates: Suffolk

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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.

12y median 8y
average tenure
32y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 7Recreation 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£4k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailbuzzhny@gmail.com
Phone01787 828978
AddressSideways, Sherbourne Street, Edwardstone, SUDBURY, Suffolk, CO10 5PD

Finances

£3,677 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,219£888
2021£4,283£3,565
2022£443£1,240
2023£1,737£1,417
2024£3,677£3,993

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO ADMINSTER 'THE CROFT' AS AN OPEN SPACE FOR ENJOYMENT BY THE RESIDENTS OF GROTON AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT CIVIL PARISHES; (B. TO MAINTAIN, PROTECT, AND USE ITS BEST ENDEAVOURS TO PRESERVE THE WINTHROP MULBERRY TREE, BEING A TREE OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE, SITUATED IN THE CROFT; (C. TO PRESERVE AND CULTURAL LINKS WHICH EXIST FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF EAST ANGLIA AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND; (D. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE WELFARE AND BENEFIT OF THE VILLAGE AND RESIDENTS OF GROTON AND FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, GROTON AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED EXECUTED 3 JANUARY 1994.

Trustees (7)

7trustees
83median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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