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Registered charity · Cranfield

The Douglas Bomford Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £167k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Ireland, Scotland
Website
www.dbt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Douglas Bomford Trust
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£167k£206k
  • 2024£169k£154k
  • 2023£337k£149k
Earlier years
  • 2022£148k£112k
  • 2021£169k£157k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND LAND MANAGEMENT; ANDB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ALL MATTERS AND PROCESSES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND LAND MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC WORK BEARING ON THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF PROCESSES, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES.

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

5.9y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 7Other Charitable Purposes 5Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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

Professional services 12Agriculture 3Other services 2

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£167k latest income
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1121785
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 AUGUST 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 NOVEMBER 2007.
Companies House
Company number 06355202 · Active
Contact on the register
01234 750876 · enquiries@dbt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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