Registered charity · Shaftesbury
Swans Trust (Shaftesbury)
Swans Trust (Shaftesbury) is a registered charity (number 1063757) based in Shaftesbury, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £62k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £62k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- www.swanstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Swans Trust (Shaftesbury)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£62k£49k
- 2024£47k£41k
- 2023£41k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£46k£26k
- 2021£85k£50k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF NORTH DORSET: INCLUDING IMPROVING THE TOWN OF SHAFTESBURY; PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF STANDARDS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP; PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF CONSTRUCTIONAL OR ARCHITECTURAL MERIT; ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION RELEVANT TO EMPLOYMENT; AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3
Grants received
2 grants · £7,815 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,815 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
5 trustees on the board
- DR Richard Tippins since 2013
- John Parker
- Jennifer Jane Belissa Beattie since 2025
- John Leslie Goodwin since 2019
- Peter Mills since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- DR Richard Tippins since 2013
- John Leslie Goodwin since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- DR Richard Tippins since 2013
- Jennifer Jane Belissa Beattie since 2025
- John Leslie Goodwin since 2019
- Peter Mills since 2021
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1063757
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 FEBRUARY 1997
- Companies House
- Company number 03321759 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01747850944 · info@swanstrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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