Registered charity · Surrey
Sandhurst Trust
Sandhurst Trust is a registered charity (number 1154476) based in Surrey, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Major General David John Rutherford-Jones CB since 2024. Latest income £988k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
3 The objects for which the Charity is established (the “Objects”) are restricted to:3.1. promoting the efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown, and in particular the Academy by:3.1.1. fostering esprit de corps and comradeship by such means as...
- 12 trustees
- Income £988k (2024)
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Who leads it
- Major General David John Rutherford-Jones CBChair · since 2024
- Brig Retd Ian Noel Antony Thomas OBETrustee · since 2019
- Brigadier Nicholas Marshall Wight-Boycott OBETrustee · since 2025
- Colonel Thomas Michael Parsons MBETrustee · since 2024
- Dewi John Hitchcock OBETrustee · since 2025
- Dr Katy Granville-ChapmanTrustee · since 2025
- Justin Charles BartlettTrustee · since 2025
- Katie HislopTrustee · since 2025
- Linzi Elizabeth BlakeyTrustee · since 2025
- Major General Nicholas David Guise Cowley OBETrustee · since 2024
- Mark BoulleTrustee · since 2025
- Patrick Robert John SmithTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.sandhursttrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sandhurst Trust
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£988k£928k
- 2023£996k£1.0m
- 2022£984k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£579k£504k
- 2020£393k£347k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
3 The objects for which the Charity is established (the “Objects”) are restricted to:3.1. promoting the efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown, and in particular the Academy by:3.1.1. fostering esprit de corps and comradeship by such means as may be charitable including providing activities and opportunities for Cadets to meet with Alumni of the Academy;3.1.2. preserving the traditions of the Academy;3.1.3. the provision and support of facilities and activities for the efficiency and well-being of Cadets and other service personnel at the Academy; and3.1.4. such other charitable means as the Trustees from time to time think fit; 3.2. advancing the education of serving members of the armed forces, and of the general public in the fields of leadership and management and the training of effective managers and leaders in civil and military life; and3.3. relieving persons who are serving or who have served as officers in the British Army, or the dependants of such persons, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
Grants received
1 grant · £35,000 total360Giving 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
- Ministry of Defence · £35,000
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Major General David John Rutherford-Jones CB Chair since 2024
- Brig Retd Ian Noel Antony Thomas OBE since 2019
- Brigadier Nicholas Marshall Wight-Boycott OBE since 2025
- Colonel Thomas Michael Parsons MBE since 2024
- Dewi John Hitchcock OBE since 2025
- Dr Katy Granville-Chapman since 2025
- Justin Charles Bartlett since 2025
- Katie Hislop since 2025
- Linzi Elizabeth Blakey since 2025
- Major General Nicholas David Guise Cowley OBE since 2024
- Mark Boulle since 2025
- Patrick Robert John Smith since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Brig Retd Ian Noel Antony Thomas OBE since 2019
- Patrick Robert John Smith since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Brig Retd Ian Noel Antony Thomas OBE since 2019
- Brigadier Nicholas Marshall Wight-Boycott OBE since 2025
- Dewi John Hitchcock OBE since 2025
- Justin Charles Bartlett since 2025
- Katie Hislop since 2025
- Linzi Elizabeth Blakey since 2025
- Major General Nicholas David Guise Cowley OBE since 2024
- Mark Boulle since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Major General David John Rutherford-Jones CB Chair since 2024
- Colonel Thomas Michael Parsons MBE since 2024
- Dr Katy Granville-Chapman since 2025
- Patrick Robert John Smith since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1154476
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/10/2013 as amended on 06 Jun 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 08722309 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01276412838 · director@sandhursttrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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