The Sequoia Trust
Registered charity 1163457 CIO Registered since 2015
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- SIR Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Chair since 2015
- Deborah Jane Afdhal since 2015
- Lady Sabina Marshall since 2015
- Louise Anne Walker since 2023
- Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcross since 2025
- Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall since 2023
6.7y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- SIR Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Chair since 2015
- Deborah Jane Afdhal since 2015
- Lady Sabina Marshall since 2015
15y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Deborah Jane Afdhal since 2015
- Lady Sabina Marshall since 2015
- Louise Anne Walker since 2023
- Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcross since 2025
- Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- SIR Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall Chair since 2015
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 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 6Finance 3Hospitality 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.
incomespending£2.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Community Foundation for Calderdale Similar size; both General purposes
- The Wigoder Family Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
- AGE UK Wakefield District Similar size; both General purposes
- Citizens Advice Lincoln & Lindsey Similar size; both General purposes
- Bristol Charities Similar size; both General purposes
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| sequoia@mwam.com | |
| Phone | 02073162280 |
| Address | George House, 131 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9AT |
Finances
£2,907,000 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £32,467,586 | £5,431,510 |
| 2022 | £58,768,071 | £80,241,466 |
| 2023 | £13,782,000 | £19,743,000 |
| 2024 | £2,373,000 | £22,692,000 |
| 2025 | £2,907,000 | £17,430,000 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesWho
Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 08 Sep 2015 as amended on 24 Jul 2023 as amended on 04 Feb 2025
Trustees (6)
6trustees
73median age
1aged 70+
- SIR Paul Roderick Clucas Marshallage band 65-69 Chair since 2015
- Deborah Jane Afdhal since 2015
- Lady Sabina Marshall since 2015
- Louise Anne Walker since 2023
- Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcrossage band 80-84 since 2025
- Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall since 2023
Connected charities (1)
- Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) 1 shared trustee
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