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Registered charity · Berwick-upon-Tweed

Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust Fund

Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust Fund is a registered charity (number 1102888) based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Elisabeth Ann Summers since 2023. Latest income £36k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

Also known as RAB Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £36k (2024)
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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
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rabtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£36k£15k
  • 2023£27k£9k
  • 2022£16k£13k
Earlier years
  • 2021£16k£5k
  • 2020£9k£6k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE CRAFT OF THE MAKING OR REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BOWED STRING INSTRUMENTS BY THOSE ENGAGED AS AND REGISTERED AS FULL OR PART-TIME STUDENTS OF THIS CRAFT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHERWISE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION OF THE CRAFT OF VIOLIN MAKING AND RESTORATION BY PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.(II) THE CHARITY MAY PROVIDE FUNDS AND MAKE OR ASSIST IN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR INITIATING OR SPONSORING PROJECTS OF RESEARCH OR STUDY RELATING TO THE SAID CRAFT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.

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

8.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
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 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£36k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1102888
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST EXECUTED ON 19TH MARCH 1999 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 21ST FEBRUARY 2004 AND 26 APRIL 2004
Contact on the register
01289 304383 · INFO@RABTRUST.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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