Registered charity · Devon
Sentient Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £0 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christine BevanTrustee · since 2020
- David Gareth JonesTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Paul GrayTrustee · since 2018
- Elizabeth ShinnTrustee · since 2022
- Faith Evelyn ButlerTrustee · since 2012
- Keith Raymond BennettTrustee · since 2014
- Laura WebbTrustee · since 2024
- Nicola Louise BurroughsTrustee · since 2021
- Rosemary Jane MitchellTrustee · since 2017
- Simon WinwardTrustee · since 2022
- Stuart AllmanTrustee · since 2020
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Denise Sarita Bickley.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- www.sentient-trust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sentient Trust
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£784
- 2024£11k£3k
- 2023£11k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£12k
- 2021£36k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, CARE AND WELLBEING OF THE PUPILS AT THE SCHOOLS, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND OTHERWISE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, IT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THE OBJECTS THE TRUST MUST (WHERE APPLICABLE) HAVE REGARD TO ITS OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY COHESION UNDER THE EDUCATION ACTS. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE CURRICULUM AND ETHOS OF THE SCHOOLS WILL PLACE AN EMPHASIS ON, AND INCLUDE A COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS LEARNING ABOUT, THE CO-OPERATIVE VALUES OF SELF-HELP, SELF RESPONSIBILITY, DEMOCRACY, EQUALITY, EQUITY, SOLIDARITY, HONESTY, OPENNESS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CARING FOR OTHERS WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING ALL STUDENTS TO BECOME BETTER CITIZENS, NOT ONLY WHILE THEY ARE STUDENTS BUT DURING THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
Schools in this trust (6)
- Barley Lane School Devon
- Bidwell Brook School Devon
- Ellen Tinkham School Devon
- Marland School Devon
- Pathfield School Devon
- Southbrook School Devon
Compiled from DfE governance records - an inferred connection, not an official Charity Commission or Companies House link.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Christine Bevan since 2020
- David Gareth Jones since 2022
- Denise Sarita Bickley since 2025
- Dr Paul Gray since 2018
- Elizabeth Shinn since 2022
- Faith Evelyn Butler since 2012
- Keith Raymond Bennett since 2014
- Laura Webb since 2024
- Nicola Louise Burroughs since 2021
- Rosemary Jane Mitchell since 2017
- Simon Winward since 2022
- Stuart Allman since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Paul Gray since 2018
- Faith Evelyn Butler since 2012
- Keith Raymond Bennett since 2014
- Rosemary Jane Mitchell since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Christine Bevan since 2020
- David Gareth Jones since 2022
- Dr Paul Gray since 2018
- Elizabeth Shinn since 2022
- Keith Raymond Bennett since 2014
- Laura Webb since 2024
- Nicola Louise Burroughs since 2021
- Rosemary Jane Mitchell since 2017
- Simon Winward since 2022
- Stuart Allman since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Faith Evelyn Butler since 2012
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156708
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/07/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/10/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 08159859 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01805 601324 · S.Nightingale-Jones@marland.devon.sch.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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