Devon Rural Skills Trust

Registered charity 1213811 CIO Registered since 2025

Operates: Devon

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trustees on the board

1y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

4.3y

average years in governance

9 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 10Environment/conservation/heritage 2Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

Commercial experience

Education 2Other services 1

Boards that share trustees

Devon Rural Skills Trust 2 shared trustees
Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust 1 shared trustee

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Devon Rural Skills Trust 2 shared trustees
Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	https://www.drst.org.uk
Email	payments@drst.org.uk
Phone	07815189911
Address	1a Jesmond Road, Exeter, EX1 2DG

Finances

No annual return history.

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE PRESERVATION OF RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN ALL SUCH RURAL SKILLS AND CRAFTS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION CONSIDER WORTHY OF PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Jun 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees

59median age

1aged 70+

Tim Willsage 59 Chair since 2025
Alan Cooperage 83
Christopher Mark Baker
David Stephen Dingle
Davin James Foster since 2025
Jessica Jordanage 37 since 2025
Joseph Orpen since 2025
Laura May Tunstall
Mathew Howard Stanley Richards since 2025
Nick Dawe
Nicholas Andrew Kirkham

Connected charities (2)

Devon Rural Skills Trust 2 shared trustees
Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust 1 shared trustee

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