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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

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)

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

6.7y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Education 11Health and social care 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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
52 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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
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