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The Achilles Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £56k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£56k£39k
  • 2024£150k£136k
  • 2023£29k£39k
Earlier years
  • 2022£33k£31k
  • 2021£19k£16k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TUST PROPERTY SHALL AFTER THE PAYMENT THERE OUT OF ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES BE HELD AND APPLIED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE:(1)(A) THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF ATHLETICS AMONG STUDENTS IN STATU PUPILLARI FOR THE TIME BEING STUDYING AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY OR CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (HERINAFTER CALLED "STUDENTS IN STATU PUPILLARI") AND THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE TRAINING GROUNDS ACCOMODATION AND COACHING FOR SUCH PURPOSES:(B) THE PROMOTION ARRANGEMENT OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF ATHLETICS MATCHES IN WHICH STUDENTS IN STATU PUPILLARI WHETHER WITH OR WITHOUT OTHER PERSONS SHALL TAKE PART WHETHER SUCH MATCHES BE WITH SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR COMMONWEALTH TEAMS OR FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES OR ANY OTHER PERSONS: INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF OR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE TRAVELLING OR OTHER NECESSARY INCIDENTAL EXPENSES INCURRED BY ANY PERSON OR PERSONS BEING STUDENTS IN STATU PUPILLARI OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES TAKING PART IN ANY SUCH MATCH WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD(2) SUCH OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINEPROVIDED ALWAYS THAT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THEIR DISCRETION UNDER THIS DEED THE TRUSTEES (SO FAR AS THEY SHALL CONSIDER IT PRACTICABLE AND DESIRABLE) SHALL REGARD THE OBJECTS DECLARED IN SUB-CLAUSE (1) OF THIS CLAUSE AS THE PRIMARY OBJECTS OF THE TRUST TOWARDS WHICH TRUST PROPERTY AND THE INCOME THEREOF SHALL BE APPLIEDAND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO PURPOSE SHALL BE AN OBJECT OF THE TRUST WHICH IS NOT LEGALLY A CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND THE TRUSTS POWERS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS DEED SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE CONSTRUED AND TAKE EFFECT SUBJECT TO THIS PROVISION

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.

7y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 6Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Other services 1

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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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£150k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1152963
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 30/12/1965AS AMENDED ON 27/01/2014
Contact on the register
02070181920 · trust@achilles.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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