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Registered charity · Wiltshire

The Shackleton Foundation

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £121k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.shackletonfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Shackleton Foundation
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£121k£64k
  • 2024£27k£63k
  • 2023£13k£62k
Earlier years
  • 2022£14k£93k
  • 2021£35k£41k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF PEOPLE OF ANY AGE, BACKGROUND AND NATIONALITY BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY PROJECT OR ACTIVITY WHICH EMBODIES THE SPIRIT AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON, IN PARTICULAR WHERE THEIR LEADERSHIP BRINGS BENEFIT TO THE LESS ADVANTAGED.(2) COMMEMORATE THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL DETERMINE(3) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY RECOGNISED ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE THAT TOUCHES UPON THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LEADERSHIP, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, PHOTOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY(4) ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Grants received

1 grant · £45,000 total

360Giving 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

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

7.2y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Business services 5Professional services 2Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£121k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1118686
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 FEBRUARY 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 MAY 2008.
Companies House
Company number 06107694 · Active
Contact on the register
01722 412 412 · info@shackletonfoundation.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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