The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Great Dixter Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1103355 Registered since 2004

Operates: East Sussex

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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.

7y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (9)

8
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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 9Education 1Manufacturing 1

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

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.greatdixter.co.uk
Emailoffice@greatdixter.co.uk
Phone01797254048
AddressThe Great Dixter Charitable Trust, Great Dixter House and Gardens, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH

Finances

£0 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£0
2022£0£0
2023£0£0
2024£0£0
2025£0£0

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

A) TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, RESTORE, RENOVATE, ENHANCE, ENRICH, REGENERATE AND REDEVELOP (AS NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE) THE GARDEN (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LONG HONOURED GARDENING SPIRIT AND TRADITION OF THE SETTLOR AS EVIDENCED IN ANY LETTER OR MEMORANDUM PREPARED BY HIM AND DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEES AND IN THE CONSIDERABLE BODY OF HORTICULTURAL LITERATURE PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY THE SETTLOR THROUGHOUT HIS WORKING LIFE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO VISIT AND ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF THE GARDEN AT STATED TIMES DURING EACH YEAR;B) TO PRESERVE, REPAIR, MAINTAIN, RESTORE AND ENHANCE THE HOUSE (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESERVATION PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES APPLICABLE THERETO AS AN ENGLISH GRADE I LISTED HERITAGE PROPERTY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO VISIT AND ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HOUSE AT STATED TIMES DURING EACH YEAR;C) TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE WOODLETS IN A MANNER THAT SERVES THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE FOR THE GARDEN AND THE HOUSE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 20 MARCH 2003.

Trustees (11)

11trustees
70median age
4aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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