Registered charity · Somerset
The Westcountry Horological Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £495 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Education/training
- Where
- Cornwall, Devon, Somerset
- Website
- www.bhiswbranch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£495£0
- 2024£301£1k
- 2023£233£870
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£0
- 2021£220£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD AND APPLY THE TRUST AND ALL OTHER MONEYS WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEES (WHETHER SUCH MONEYS SHALL ARISE FROM DONATIONS, BEQUESTS, DEEDS OF COVENANT OR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE) AND ALSO THE INVESTMENTS FOR THE TIME BEING REPRESENTING THE SAME (ALL OF WHICH HEREINAFTER ARE INCLUDED IN THE EXPRESSION ("THE TRUST FUND") UPON TRUST TO APPLY BOTH CAPITAL AND INCOME THEREOF TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND/OR TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC PRIMARILY IN DEVON, CORNWALL, THE ISLES OF SCILLY AND THE TAUNTON POSTAL CODE AREA OF SOMERSET IN HOROLOGICAL SKILLS. THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE DISCRETIONARY POWER IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM OUTSIDE THE SOUTH WEST AREA AS DEFINED AFORESAID.
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
- Christopher Perry-Smith since 2013
- David Alan Dawson since 2019
- Dr Christopher Francis George Thomas Fres Fbhi since 2015
- Dr Robert John Sweet since 2019
- MR Pete Mitchell
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Perry-Smith since 2013
- David Alan Dawson since 2019
- Dr Christopher Francis George Thomas Fres Fbhi since 2015
- Dr Robert John Sweet since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Christopher Perry-Smith since 2013
- David Alan Dawson since 2019
- Dr Christopher Francis George Thomas Fres Fbhi since 2015
- Dr Robert John Sweet since 2019
- MR Pete Mitchell
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1082255
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 24 JULY 2000
- Contact on the register
- 01643 707320 · gtclocks@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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