The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Tern Trust

Registered charity 1186646 Registered since 2019

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2 trustees on the board

21y median 21y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

27.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Other services 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£26k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailmail@david-allen.co.uk
Phone01228 711888
AddressDavid Allen, Dalmar House, Barras Lane, Dalston, Carlisle, CA5 7NY

Finances

£26,007 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£713,702£16,501
2022£170,496£33,694
2023£22,093£10,921
2024£26,554£47,652
2025£26,007£45,868

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (OBJECTS) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 19 NOV 2019

Trustees (2)

2trustees
73median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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