The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Douglas Compton James Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1091125 Registered since 2002

Operates: Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

4
trustees on the board
8.3y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
11.8y
average years in governance
4 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 4

Commercial experience

Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Contact

Emaillouise.davies@vshlaw.co.uk
Phone01832732161
AddressMONTAGUE HOUSE, CHANCERY LANE, THRAPSTON, NORTHANTS, NN14 4LN

Finances

£195,817 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£100,789£182,189
2022£112,300£234,290
2023£150,647£193,517
2024£175,834£186,611
2025£195,817£251,637

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST(A) AS TO THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AS THE FOUNDER MAY BY NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE FOUNDER MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BY A LIKE NOTICE DIRECT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT WHERE THE FOUNDER HAS NOT BY THE FIFTH APRIL IN THE INCOME TAX YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH THE INCOME ARISES GIVEN A DIRECTION WHICH FULLY DISPOSE OF THE INCOME THEN SUCH INCOME SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBCLAUSE (B)(B) SUBJECT TO AND IN DEFAULT OF ANY SUCH DIRECTION AND INSOFAR AS ANY SUCH DIRECTION IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AND WITH UNANIMOUS DECISION THINK PROPER FOR OR TOWARDS THE SUPPORT BY DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS OF ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE EXCLUSIVELY OF OTHERS OR OTHER AND IN SUCH SHARES AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK PROPER OF (PLEASE SEE COPY OF DEED ON FILE)

Governing document: TRUST DEED EXECUTED ON THE 24TH FEBRUARY 1997.

Trustees (4)

4trustees
82median age
1aged 70+

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