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Registered charity (CIO) · Wormingford

Abberton Rural Training

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £287k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Essex
Website
www.abbertonruraltraining.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£287k£268k
  • 2024£588k£680k
  • 2023£899k£775k
Earlier years
  • 2022£435k£427k
  • 2021£217k£226k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING AND(B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN ESSEX BY PROVIDING THEM WITH WORK EXPERIENCE, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORING AND RURAL EMPLOYABILITY AND CRAFT SKILLS COURSES, AND BY SUPPORTING THEIR RE-INTEGRATION BACK INTO THE RURAL COMMUNITY.OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

Grants received

32 grants · £956,649 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £524,423 (4 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £196,058 (15 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £152,321 (7 grants)
  • Veterans Foundation · £50,213 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,865

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.

3 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£287k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1169247
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Sep 2016
Contact on the register
01245 975777 · info@abbertonruraltraining.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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