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Minstead Trust

Registered charity 1053319 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Manufacturing 3Education 2Retail and trade 2

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£8.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 20.5 in 2021

274 from 132 in 2021
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.
52%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitewww.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@minsteadtrust.org.uk
Phone02380812297
AddressMinstead Lodge, London Minstead, Minstead, LYNDHURST, SO43 7FT

Finances

£8,652,805 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,590,905£3,680,356
2022£5,355,791£5,274,414
2023£6,494,316£6,709,810
2024£7,668,001£7,626,826
2025£8,652,805£8,601,317

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

(1) TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY, OR OTHERWISE EXCLUDED BY THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR CARERS BY MEANS OF PROVIDING SERVICES, FACILITIES, CAMPAIGNING AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO LEAD MORE INDEPENDENT AND FULFILLING LIVES AND BECOME FULLY INTEGRATED IN SOCIETY.(2) TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP THE HISTORIC GARDENS AND BUILDINGS PARTICULARLY AT FURZEY GARDENS, MINSTEAD FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF HORTICULTURAL GROUPS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WHO ARE OTHERWISE EXCLUDED BY THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.(3) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE BETTER CARRYING OUT OF THE OBJECTS HEREIN REFERRED TO WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THIS OBJECT TO PROVIDE LIBRARY, WORKSHOP, RESEARCH, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, RECREATIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO PROMOTE SUCH OBJECTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 JAN 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JUN 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 MAR 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 SEP 2017 as amended on 10 Jul 2024

Trustees (11)

11trustees
61median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Minstead Trust · 03149116 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/01/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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