The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Opentrust

Registered charity 1086404 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

9.5y median 9.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 3Education 2Tech and media 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£299k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://theopentrust.org.uk/
Emailopentrustfinance@gmail.com
Phone01223316766
Address5 MADINGLEY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0EE

Finances

£299,451 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£702,791£743,709
2021£905,430£917,278
2022£1,213,727£804,182
2023£365,468£862,297
2024£299,451£576,799

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, IN THE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ECONOMICS, LAW, THE ARTS AND MEDIA COMMUNICATION AND OTHER RECOGNISED SCHOLARLY SUBJECTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 14 NOVEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 27 APRIL 2001

Trustees (4)

4trustees
77median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Opentrust · 04107837 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/11/2000

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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