Registered charity · Frome
Frome Cheese & Grain Limited
- 14 trustees
- Income £1.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Caroline PayneTrustee · since 2023
- Cath PuddickTrustee · since 2024
- Chris Butler-StroudTrustee · since 2022
- Daniel GrimesTrustee · since 2018
- Kevin BarnesTrustee · since 2022
- Marc PeelTrustee · since 2020
- Maria HaydenTrustee · since 2021
- Pierre ShepardTrustee · since 2024
- Richard AckroydTrustee · since 2021
- Sara ButlerTrustee · since 2023
- Stanley McloudTrustee · since 2021
- Steven ChiversTrustee · since 2024
- Suzanne LachapelleTrustee · since 2024
- Tori AllisonTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.cheeseandgrain.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Frome Cheese & Grain Limited
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.7m£1.6m
- 2024£1.5m£1.5m
- 2023£1.2m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£579k£495k
- 2021£357k£362k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO RUN A COMMUNITY HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF FROME TOGETHER WITH THE PARISHES OF BECKINGTON, BERKLEY, BUCKLAND, DINHAM, COLEFORD, FROME SELWOOD, GREAT ELM, HEMINGTON, KIMERSDON, LEIGH ON MENDIP, LULLINGTON, MELLS, NORTON ST PHILIP, NUNNEY RODE, TELLISHFORD, TRUDOXHILL, WANSTROW, WHATLEY AND WITHAM FRIARY ('THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.II) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIESIII) THE PROVISION OF SPACE AND FACILITIES THAT WILL CREATE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.IV) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE.V) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.
Grants received
8 grants · £375,465 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
- Power to Change Trust · £325,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £38,800 (4 grants)
- Somerset Community Foundation · £11,665 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
14 trustees on the board
- Caroline Payne since 2023
- Cath Puddick since 2024
- Chris Butler-Stroud since 2022
- Daniel Grimes since 2018
- Kevin Barnes since 2022
- Marc Peel since 2020
- Maria Hayden since 2021
- Pierre Shepard since 2024
- Richard Ackroyd since 2021
- Sara Butler since 2023
- Stanley Mcloud since 2021
- Steven Chivers since 2024
- Suzanne Lachapelle since 2024
- Tori Allison since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Daniel Grimes since 2018
- Marc Peel since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Caroline Payne since 2023
- Chris Butler-Stroud since 2022
- Daniel Grimes since 2018
- Kevin Barnes since 2022
- Marc Peel since 2020
- Maria Hayden since 2021
- Pierre Shepard since 2024
- Richard Ackroyd since 2021
- Stanley Mcloud since 2021
- Steven Chivers since 2024
- Suzanne Lachapelle since 2024
- Tori Allison since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Cath Puddick since 2024
- Sara Butler since 2023
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
0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1108074
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 APRIL 2003
- Companies House
- Company number 04736751 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01373455420 · OFFICE@CHEESEANDGRAIN.COM
- 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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