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The ST Lawrence Besselsleigh Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £14k (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
Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Oxfordshire
Linked company
The ST Lawrence Besselsleigh Trust
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£4k
  • 2024£7k£2k
  • 2023£5k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£2k
  • 2021£5k£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.1.1 THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE GRADE II* LISTED ST LAWRENCE'S CHURCH AT BESSELSLEIGH, OXFORDSHIRE.1.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP AT ST LAWRENCE'S CHURCH BESSELSLEIGH.1.1.3 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BESSELSLEIGH IN OXFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
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 3Religious Activities 3

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

Education 4Arts and leisure 3Retail and trade 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£14k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1189118
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 APR 2020
Companies House
Company number 09194361 · Active
Contact on the register
01865863681 · jane@cranstonjane.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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