The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Dartmouth Trust

Registered charity 203402 Registered since 1962

Operates: Devon

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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.

10 trustees on the board

4.1y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 8General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Disability 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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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£829k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.7 in 2021

3 from 3 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dartmouthtrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@dartmouthtrust.org.uk
Phone01803 835006
AddressDartmouth Trust, 38 Victoria Road, DARTMOUTH, Devon, TQ6 9SA

Finances

£828,745 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£755,405£780,405
2022£752,379£851,529
2023£775,758£775,758
2024£768,560£768,560
2025£828,745£828,745

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(1) ONE HALF OF THE INCOME TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES FOR APPLICATION BY THE LAST-MENTIONED TRUSTEES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE LAST-MENTIONED CHARITIES. (2) ONE THIRD OF THE INCOME TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY FOR APPLICATION BY THE LAST-MENTIONED TRUSTEES TOWARDS THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHURCH OF ST. SAVIOUR, DARTMOUTH. (3) THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE REMAINING ONE SIXTH OF THE SAID INCOME TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC PURPOSES CHARITY FOR APPLICATION BY THE TRUSTEES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DARTMOUTH AS THE TRUSTEE THINK FIT.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 28/03/1988AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09/04/2014 as amended on 19 Jun 2019 as amended on 25 Feb 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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