Registered charity · Barford
Addington Fund
The Charity’s objects are specifically restricted to the relief of need in the rural community (meaning those working in, retiring from, or seeking to work in farming or other rural businesses) arising from age, ill-health, disability, financial...
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alastair BrownTrustee · since 2026
- Andrew Ward MBETrustee · since 2023
- Clair Victoria StevensTrustee · since 2023
- Emma Katherine Murray-ClarkeTrustee · since 2023
- Jennie WheildonTrustee · since 2026
- Martin Robert RedfearnTrustee · since 2023
- Simon Gavin MountjoyTrustee · since 2023
- Thomas HindTrustee · since 2023
- Tom RichardsonTrustee · since 2025
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Richard Maunder.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.addingtonfund.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Addington Fund
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.3m£613k
- 2024£1.1m£700k
- 2023£1.8m£648k
Earlier years
- 2022£677k£507k
- 2021£854k£469k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Charity’s objects are specifically restricted to the relief of need in the rural community (meaning those working in, retiring from, or seeking to work in farming or other rural businesses) arising from age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage and the fostering of new businesses in the rural community, in particular but not limited to: 1. The provision of housing for those who are in need including affordable dwellings and work-live premises for people employed in rural situations.2. The provision of emergency relief for farmers affected by circumstances beyond their control including but not limited to extreme weather events, animal disease or family illness or hardship.3. The creation of training, employment and business opportunities including but not limited to providing farms or land to lease to new entrants to farming.
Grants received
4 grants · £42,415 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Royal Countryside Fund · £25,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,915
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £500
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alastair Brown since 2026
- Andrew Ward MBE since 2023
- Clair Victoria Stevens since 2023
- Emma Katherine Murray-Clarke since 2023
- Jennie Wheildon since 2026
- Martin Robert Redfearn since 2023
- Richard Maunder since 2023
- Simon Gavin Mountjoy since 2023
- Thomas Hind since 2023
- Tom Richardson since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alastair Brown since 2026
- Andrew Ward MBE since 2023
- Clair Victoria Stevens since 2023
- Emma Katherine Murray-Clarke since 2023
- Jennie Wheildon since 2026
- Martin Robert Redfearn since 2023
- Simon Gavin Mountjoy since 2023
- Thomas Hind since 2023
- Tom Richardson 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
2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1097092
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/01/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/07/2011 as amended on 30 May 2003 as amended on 19 Jan 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 04654186 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01926620135 · enquiries@addingtonfund.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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