The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Company of the Merchants of the Staple of England Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1101121 Registered since 2003

Operates: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City, Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire, East Riding Of Yorkshire

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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.

4.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 7Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 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.

Agriculture 4Other services 4Arts and leisure 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£30k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Websitewww.merchantsofthestapleofengland.co.uk
Emailmerchantstaplerstrust@gmail.com
Phone01653648527
AddressMOUNT PLEASANT FARM, SWINTON, YORK, YO17 6SP

Finances

£29,682 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£18,560£7,397
2022£17,936£4,483
2023£20,998£20,968
2024£21,687£18,195
2025£29,682£24,575

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATIONII) TO ADVANCE THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SHEEP AND THE WOOL TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN THE UKIII) TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER CHARITIES, ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE TRUSTEES

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17 FEBRUARY 2003 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 25 NOVEMBER 2003AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 MAR 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees
74median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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