Registered charity · Guildford
The Shepherdsmead Trust
The Shepherdsmead Trust is a registered charity (number 1163305) based in Guildford, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £179k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £179k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Surrey
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£179k£453k
- 2024£619k£1.4m
- 2023£102k£428k
Earlier years
- 2022£111k£293k
- 2021£77k£197k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE "PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (THE "BRETHREN") WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THIS DEED AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED("FAITH IN PRACTICE"); AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Adrian Ryall since 2005
- Adrian James since 2020
- Daniel James since 2020
- Paul White since 2002
- Steve Knight since 2002
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian Ryall since 2005
- Adrian James since 2020
- Daniel James since 2020
- Paul White since 2002
- Steve Knight since 2002
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Adrian Ryall since 2005
- Adrian James since 2020
- Daniel James since 2020
- Paul White since 2002
- Steve Knight since 2002
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
- 1163305
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 06 JUL 1982AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 12/08/2014
- Contact on the register
- 01483417788 · enquiries@shepherdsmead.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th 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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