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Registered charity · Darlington

The Martin Bequest

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £15k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Darlington
Website
www.doctormartintrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15k£15k
  • 2024£15k£16k
  • 2023£8k£13k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£15k
  • 2021£3k£14k
Charitable objects

UPON TRUST TO HOLD ELEVEN SUCH EQUAL TWENTIETH SHARES OR PARTS TO ESTABLISH A NEW CHARITABLE TRUST OR BODY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BRASS BAND COMPETITION TO INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF BRASS BAND WHETHER MILITARY, TOWN BANDS, VILLAGE BANDS OR WHATEVER TO COMPETE IN DARLINGTON ALLOWING SUFFICIENT SUM OR SUMS OF MONEY TO PURCHASE A SOLID SILVER CUP OR GOBLET TOGETHER WITH A STAND TO BE COMPETED FOR ANNUALLY AND HELD FOR THE PERIOD UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL COMPETITION WITH THE INTENTION THAT:A) ONE NOMINATED MEMBER OF COCKERTON BAND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TOGETHER WITH MY TRUSTEES WILL ORGANISE WITH APPROPRIATE EXPERT ADVICE APPROPRIATE SOURCES FOR ADJUDICATION.(B) ALTHOUGH HEATS MAY TAKE PLACE ELSEWHERE THE FINAL COMPETITION WILL BE IN VENUE IN OR ADJACENT TO DARLINGTON.(C) ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE FINAL COMPETITION TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH ENTRANCE FEE AS MY TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE TO PRODUCE RECURRING REVENUE.(D) THE PRIZE SHOULD NOT MERELY BE THE CUP BUT ALSO MY TRUSTEES SHOULD MAXIMISE REVENUE FROM INTEREST FROM CAPITAL AFTER JUDICIOUS INVESTMENT AT THEIR DISCRETION TO ENABLE A MONETARY PRIZE TO BE GIVEN.(E) THE CUP SHOULD BE KNOWN AS "THE WAINSTONES CUP PRESENTED BY DR MARTIN"(F) COCKERTON SILVER PRIZE BAND WILL BE NOMINALLY THE FIRST HOLDERS OF THE CUP UNTIL THE FIRST COMPETITION.(G) THE STAND SHALL BE ENGRAVED WITH THE NAMES OF THE WINNING BAND EACH YEAR.

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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.

0
trustees past 6 years
2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£15k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1126641
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Contact on the register
01325463309 · s.goodwin.55@hotmail.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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