The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Shearwater Trust

Registered charity 1179987 Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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4
trustees on the board
8y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
4
trustees past 6 years
11.1y
average years in governance
3 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 4

Commercial experience

Education 1Property 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Contact

Phone02074898076
AddressThe Hedley Foundation, Victoria House, 1-3 College Hill, London, EC4R 2RA

Finances

£5,300 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£5,050
2022£5,300£4,700
2023£5,300£5,250
2024£5,300£4,300
2025£5,300£7,310

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME (OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE INCOME) FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL ALSO HAVE POWER IN THEIR DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 05 APR 2018

Trustees (4)

4trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

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