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The Alfred Gillett Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- alfredgilletttrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£930k
- 2024£1.4m£834k
- 2023£2.8m£946k
Earlier years
- 2022£4.7m£646k
- 2021£1.1m£635k
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE FOUNDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC RECORDS CENTRE AND MUSEUM IN STREET IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET OR SUCH OTHER PLACE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES NAMELY:-(A) THE PRESERVATION WITHIN A LIBRARY ARCHIVES AND RECORDS CENTRE OF THE HISTORIC PAPERS RECORDS AND EXHIBITS CONNECTED WITH THE FOOTWEAR AND SHOEMAKING INDUSTRY IN THE TOWN OF STREET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR ELSEWHERE ANDI) THOSE WHO DEVELOPED THE SAID INDUSTRY AND TRADES PARTICULARLY IN STREET AND THE SURROUNDING AREAII) THE DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE AREA AND III) THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDSWHICH SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO SCHOLARS AND RESEARCH STUDENTS FROM ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC(B) THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF HISTORIC SHOES MATERIAL MACHINERY EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID FOOTWEAR AND SHOEMAKING INDUSTRY AND ITS SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION TRADES(C) THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF ANY FOSSILS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OF ARTICLES OF ARTISTIC MERIT INCLUDING PAINTING DRAWINGS AND WORKS OF ART OF ALL KINDS2. TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Cato Pedder Chair since 2016
- Cllr Martin Lovell since 2009
- David Berkeley Hill since 2020
- Dr Kate Rambridge since 2023
- Eleanor Gould since 2021
- Hugh Ruthven PYM since 2002
- Patrick Colton since 2019
- Roger Michael Eckersley Maslin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Cato Pedder Chair since 2016
- Cllr Martin Lovell since 2009
- David Berkeley Hill since 2020
- Hugh Ruthven PYM since 2002
- Patrick Colton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Cato Pedder Chair since 2016
- David Berkeley Hill since 2020
- Dr Kate Rambridge since 2023
- Hugh Ruthven PYM since 2002
- Patrick Colton since 2019
- Roger Michael Eckersley Maslin since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Cllr Martin Lovell since 2009
- Eleanor Gould since 2021
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165528
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 11 FEB 2016AMENDED ON 23 SEP 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01458444060 · enquiries@agtrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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