Registered charity · London
The Lord and Lady Benson Charitable Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £7k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- The HON Peter Macleod Benson LVO MA FCAChair
- Charles D'Arcy BensonTrustee · since 2021
- Hermione Emily BensonTrustee · since 2021
- HON Michael D'Arcy BensonTrustee
- HON Phyllida ANN DareTrustee
- James Alexander DareTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- The Lady Mico Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7k£0
- 2024£5k£5k
- 2023£5k£10k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£15k
- 2021£5k£10k
Charitable objects
SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- The HON Peter Macleod Benson LVO MA FCA Chair
- Charles D'Arcy Benson since 2021
- HON Michael D'Arcy Benson
- HON Phyllida ANN Dare
- Hermione Emily Benson since 2021
- James Alexander Dare since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- The HON Peter Macleod Benson LVO MA FCA Chair
- HON Michael D'Arcy Benson
- HON Phyllida ANN Dare
- Hermione Emily Benson since 2021
- James Alexander Dare since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Charles D'Arcy Benson since 2021
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
- 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.
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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
- 1085254
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 2ND FEBRUARY 2000
- Contact on the register
- 02073522226
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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