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The Darkley Trust

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £13k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thedarkleytrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13k£39k
  • 2024£76k£41k
  • 2023£0£43k
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£37k
  • 2021£100k£12k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(1)FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ART FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING PROMOTING VARIOUS FORMS OF ART AT A NATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, LOCAL AND AMATEUR LEVEL TOGETHER WITH THE PROVISION OR ARTS FACILITIES AND ENCOURAGING HIGH STANDARDS OF ART. FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, ART SHOULD INCLUDE THE VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC. LITERATURE, THEATRE AND DANCE, ABSTRACT, CONCEPTUAL AND PERFORMANCE ART, REPRESENTATIONAL AND FIGURATIVE ART.(2)THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY IN WALES AND IT'S BORDERS BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICE STO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF THE HOMELESSNESS.

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.

5 trustees on the board

7.4y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 5

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

Arts and leisure 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

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

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£13k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1187920
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 06 JUN 2018
Contact on the register
02920258514 · info@hayclay.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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