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Harper Adams University Development Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £412k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.harper-adams.ac.uk/work-with-us/development-trust (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£412k£531k
- 2024£513k£502k
- 2023£595k£502k
Earlier years
- 2022£388k£476k
- 2021£794k£719k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
BY THE PURSUIT OF THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES HEREINAFTER DEFINED TO FURTHER THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE (HEREINAFTER SO CALLED) NAMELY THE PROVISION IN SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE CHARITABLE AT LAW OF EDUCATION (AND IN PARTICULAR HIGHER EDUCATION) FOR PERSONS SEEKING TO BE OR PRESENTLY ENGAGED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF RURAL LAND OR IN INDUSTRIES PROFESSIONS AND COMMUNITIES RELATED TO RURAL LAND WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR TO FOSTER THE INTERESTS OF HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NEWPORT IN SHROPSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE COLLEGE") BEING IN THE OPINION OF THE ORIGINAL TRUSTEES AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE."THE SPECIFIED PURPOSES" SHALL MEAN THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES SO FAR AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AT LAW NAMELY SUCH PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER TO BE LIKELY TO ASSIST IN THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COLLEGE OR OTHERWISE LIKELY TO FURTHER THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE (INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING(A) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES EQUIPMENT OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WHEREBY, AND;(B) THE UNDERTAKING OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO THE WAYS IN WHICHPERSONS ENGAGED OR SEEKING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF RURAL LAND OR IN INDUSTRIES PROFESSIONS AND COMMUNITIES RELATED TO RURAL LAND MAY BE ENABLED TO BE EDUCATED WHETHER AT THE COLLEGE OR ELSEWHERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING SUCH LAND TO GOOD ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL OR SCIENTIFIC USE) AND GENERALLY THE SECURING OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ENDS AS THEY SHALL CONSIDER TO BE CONDUCIVE TO THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Richard Hambleton Chair since 2020
- Amanda Thorn since 2022
- Comfort Tevera since 2022
- David Farley since 2023
- Joan Cole since 2022
- Matthew Blaken since 2019
- Professor Ken Sloan since 2021
- William Alexander Ivor Ferguson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Blaken since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Richard Hambleton Chair since 2020
- Amanda Thorn since 2022
- Comfort Tevera since 2022
- David Farley since 2023
- Joan Cole since 2022
- Matthew Blaken since 2019
- William Alexander Ivor Ferguson since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Ken Sloan 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
- 1098579
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 07/11/2012AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 13/02/2013
- Contact on the register
- 01952815095 · dtaylor@harper-adams.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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