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Registered charity (CIO) · Chalfont St. Giles

Milton's Cottage Trust (CIO)

Milton's Cottage Trust (CIO) is a registered charity (number 1163039) based in Chalfont St. Giles, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Simon Avery since 2015. Latest income £275k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £275k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Buckinghamshire
Website
www.miltonscottage.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£275k£82k
  • 2024£94k£96k
  • 2023£57k£54k
Earlier years
  • 2022£56k£52k
  • 2021£77k£75k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PRESERVE,PROTECT AND MAINTAIN OF THE STRUCTURE, FABRIC AND CONTENTS OF MILTON'S COTTAGE(GRADE I LISTED) AND ITS GARDENS (GRADE II REGISTERED) AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC INTEREST AND MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE 17TH CENTURY POET ANDPARLIAMENTARIAN JOHN MILTON.

Grants received

4 grants · £411,375 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

7 trustees on the board

7.4y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Religious Activities 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 4Arts and leisure 2Property 2

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£94k latest income
11%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1163039
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 06 Aug 2015
Contact on the register
01494872313 · management@miltonscottage.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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