Registered charity (CIO) · Fakenham
The Yorke Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £40k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rodney Gerald Yorke Slatford OBEChair · since 1984
- Alison CoxTrustee · since 2023
- Brenda BlewettTrustee · since 2022
- Carol Frances JenningsTrustee · since 2017
- James FergussonTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer Helen HamiltonTrustee · since 2016
- Lucy MurphyTrustee · since 2025
- Martin William WessTrustee · since 2024
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
- Where
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.yorketrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£40k£31k
- 2023£18k£23k
- 2022£23k£22k
Earlier years
- 2021£26k£18k
- 2020£34k£26k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AND IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OBJECTS THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:(A) TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT ONE OR MORE CENTRES FOR THE TEACHING OF MUSIC INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MASTER CLASSES WORKSHOPS EXHIBITIONS RECITALS AND CONCERTS (B) TO MAKE AWARDS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES TO STUDENTS OF MUSIC TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION (C) TO DEVELOP AND FURTHER EXISTING TEACHING METHODS AND TO INTRODUCE OR PIONEER NEW TEACHING METHODS (D) TO GIVE SUPPORT AND AID TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (E) TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER NON-MUSICAL ACTIVITIES AS WILL MAKE BEST USE OF ITS BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND RESOURCES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Rodney Gerald Yorke Slatford OBE Chair since 1984
- Alison Cox since 2023
- Brenda Blewett since 2022
- Carol Frances Jennings since 2017
- Jennifer Helen Hamilton since 2016
- James Fergusson since 2024
- Lucy Murphy since 2025
- Martin William Wess since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Rodney Gerald Yorke Slatford OBE Chair since 1984
- Carol Frances Jennings since 2017
- Jennifer Helen Hamilton since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Rodney Gerald Yorke Slatford OBE Chair since 1984
- Brenda Blewett since 2022
- Carol Frances Jennings since 2017
- Jennifer Helen Hamilton since 2016
- James Fergusson since 2024
- Martin William Wess since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Alison Cox since 2023
- Lucy Murphy since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1158927
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 21 Oct 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01328823501 · info@yorketrust.org
- 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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