The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Douglas Bomford Trust

Registered charity 1121785 Registered since 2007

Operates: Ireland, Scotland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.9y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dbt.org.uk
Emailenquiries@dbt.org.uk
Phone01234 750876
AddressThe Bullock Building, University Way, Cranfield, MK43 0GH

Finances

£167,491 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£169,460£156,524
2022£148,112£112,106
2023£336,730£149,154
2024£168,562£153,513
2025£167,491£205,533

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 AUGUST 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 NOVEMBER 2007.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Douglas Bomford Trust · 06355202 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/08/2007

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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