Registered charity · Dunwich
Dunwich Greyfriars Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £10k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Geoffrey William AbellChair · since 2012
- Andrew Clement CracknellTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher Iwo Anthony Blauth-MuszkowskiTrustee · since 2020
- John Macaulay CullenTrustee · since 2025
- Katharine Jane HamiltonTrustee · since 2012
- Raymond Geoffrey BessellTrustee · since 2012
- Roger CurtisTrustee · since 2019
- Sarah ElsleyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.dunwichgreyfriars.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dunwich Greyfriars Trust
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£6k
- 2024£7k£4k
- 2023£8k£18k
Income trend, 2023 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-TO PROTECT IMPROVE AND CONSERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF DUNWICH AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND DUNWICH IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST INCLUDING THE SITE OF THE SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT OF THE DUNWICH GREYFRIARS FRIARY AND THE WOODLAND OF GREYFRIARS WOOD IN THE PARISH OF DUNWICH (TOGETHER REFERRED TO AS 'DUNWICH GREYFRIARS')-TO PROMOTE THE BUILDINGS AND LAND COMPRISED IN THE DUNWICH GREYFRIARS SITE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF DUNWICH AND THE PUBLIC BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A)THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AMENITIES;(B)THE CONSERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;AND(C)THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.-TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN RESPECT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, CONSERVATION, BIO-DIVERSITY AND GEOGRAPHY IN RELATION TO DUNWICH GREYFRIARS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF DUNWICH AND THE PUBLIC.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Geoffrey William Abell Chair since 2012
- Andrew Clement Cracknell since 2021
- Christopher Iwo Anthony Blauth-Muszkowski since 2020
- John Macaulay Cullen since 2025
- Katharine Jane Hamilton since 2012
- Raymond Geoffrey Bessell since 2012
- Roger Curtis since 2019
- Sarah Elsley since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Geoffrey William Abell Chair since 2012
- Christopher Iwo Anthony Blauth-Muszkowski since 2020
- Katharine Jane Hamilton since 2012
- Raymond Geoffrey Bessell since 2012
- Roger Curtis since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Geoffrey William Abell Chair since 2012
- Andrew Clement Cracknell since 2021
- Christopher Iwo Anthony Blauth-Muszkowski since 2020
- John Macaulay Cullen since 2025
- Katharine Jane Hamilton since 2012
- Raymond Geoffrey Bessell since 2012
- Roger Curtis since 2019
- Sarah Elsley since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1199747
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 FEB 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 MAY 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 07959470 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01728648107 · dunwichgreyfriars@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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