The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Blackburn Vail Trust Fund

Registered charity 1043699 Registered since 1995

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex

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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.

4 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
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 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • 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£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

Emailgillian.davis@escg.ac.uk
Phone030 300 39632
AddressFlat 11, Granville Court, Granville Road, EASTBOURNE, East Sussex, BN20 7EE

Finances

£1,140 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£1,627£570
2023£1,791£1,920
2024£1,597£970
2025£3,546£4,649
2026£1,140£9,554

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

PROMOTING EDUCATION OF STUDENTS 1)UNDER AGE OF 25 YEARS 2)PAST STUDENTS OF AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 29/03/1994AS AFFECTED BY RESOLUTION MADE UNDER S74 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 18/02/2005AS AFFECTED BY RESOLUTION MADE UNDER S74 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 25/05/2011 as amended on 20 Nov 2019

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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