Registered charity · London
Duke of Lancaster's Foundation
- 5 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Anna Keay OBETrustee · since 2025
- James William Pender ChalmersTrustee · since 2025
- Richard BroydTrustee · since 2025
- Sir James Leigh-PembertonTrustee · since 2023
- Sonia TolaneyTrustee · since 2020
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 6 other charities:
- Rother Valley Railway Heritage Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Strata Florida Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Pilgrims' Garden, Tyddewi · 1 shared trustee
- Almshouse Charity of Letitia Cornwallis · 1 shared trustee
- The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Rheilffyrdd Ffestiniog AC Eryri) · 1 shared trustee
- Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£400k
- 2024£672k£467k
- 2023£576k£460k
Earlier years
- 2022£531k£360k
- 2021£468k£360k
Charitable objects
(A) THE MAINTENANCE OR INCREASE OF THE STIPENDS OF CLERGY WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME LIVED OR WORKED IN THE COUNTY PALATINE (MEANING THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER AND ALL THE REST OF THE AREA OF LANCASHIRE GREATER MANCHESTER AND MERSEYSIDE) AND THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE BETTER SUPPORT OF THE CLERGY WHOSE LIVINGS ARE WITHIN THE GIFT OF THE DUKE OF LANCASTER; (B) THE MAINTENANCE OR PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ANY MONUMENT CASTLE OR OTHER PROPERTY OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST EDUCATIVE VALUE OR ARTISTIC MERIT ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF LAND FORMING PART OF THE POSSESSIONS OF THE DUCHY AND INCLUDING ANY SUCH PROPERTY FORMING PART OF THE POSSESSIONS OF THE DUCHY NOTWITHSTANDING THAT IT FORMS SUCH PART; (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY: (I) REPAIRING, IMPROVING, MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING THE FABRIC AND CONTENTS OF THE QUEEN'S CHAPEL OF THE SAVOY ("THE CHAPEL") AND ITS GROUNDS; (2) PROVIDING FOR THE CELEBRATION OF DIVINE SERVICE AT THE CHAPEL; AND (3) PROVIDING A STIPEND AND ACCOMMODATION FOR THE MINISTER OR MINISTERS FOR THE TIME BEING SERVING THE CHAPEL AND RELIEVING IN CASES OF FINANCIAL NEED MINISTERS OR RETIRED MINISTERS WHO HAVE SERVED AT THE CHAPEL; (D) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY UNDERTAKING OR SUPPORTING CLASSES, SEMINARS, LECTURES, MUSICAL OR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES OR OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES AT THE CHAPEL AND BY MEANS OF MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER BODIES OR INSTITUTIONS; (E) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Dr Anna Keay OBE since 2025
- James William Pender Chalmers since 2025
- Richard Broyd since 2025
- Sir James Leigh-Pemberton since 2023
- Sonia Tolaney since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Anna Keay OBE since 2025
- Sir James Leigh-Pemberton since 2023
- Sonia Tolaney since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- James William Pender Chalmers since 2025
- Richard Broyd since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
101.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1085881
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 15 MARCH 2001 as amended on 12 Mar 2025 as amended on 12 Mar 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02072691700 · info@duchyoflancaster.co.uk
- 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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