Registered charity · Chelmsford
The Susan Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £4k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- susantrust.chessck.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£7k
- 2024£17k£18k
- 2023£9k£27k
Earlier years
- 2022£26k£6k
- 2021£30k£35k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ON THE CHELMER & BLACKWATER NAVIGATION ("THE NAVIGATION") IN ESSEX AND ELSEWHERE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT") FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE LIGHTER SUSAN AS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF A WORKING WOODEN LIGHTER PURPOSE-BUILT FOR USE ON THE NAVIGATION AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE NAVIGATION BY EXHIBITING AND OPERATING THE LIGHTER SUSAN.
Grants received
2 grants · £17,500 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £17,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Rosalind Webb Chair since 2005
- David Ernest Goodridge since 2005
- Duncan Aubrey Lumley since 2022
- Freda Beatrice Mountain since 2005
- ROY Edgar Chandler since 2005
Trustees past 6 years
- Rosalind Webb Chair since 2005
- David Ernest Goodridge since 2005
- Freda Beatrice Mountain since 2005
- ROY Edgar Chandler since 2005
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Rosalind Webb Chair since 2005
- David Ernest Goodridge since 2005
Portfolio (3)
- Duncan Aubrey Lumley since 2022
- Freda Beatrice Mountain since 2005
- ROY Edgar Chandler since 2005
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1112234
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 26 JULY 2005.
- Contact on the register
- 01245265010 · susantrust@btinternet.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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