The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Magna Carta Trust

Registered charity 207789 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

17 trustees on the board

8y median 9y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (3)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 16Environment/conservation/heritage 16General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Religious Activities 1

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 3Other services 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£4k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.magnacartatrust.org.uk/
Emailpaul.turrell@runnymede.gov.uk
Phone07510312910
AddressRunnymede Borough Council, Runnymede Civic Centre, Station Road, Addlestone, KT15 2AH

Finances

£3,500 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,704£23,784
2022£7,089£7,848
2023£3,821£10,911
2024£4,773£1,623
2025£3,500£12,785

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, AND UPKEEP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH MAGNA CARTA AND THE SPREADING OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND MEANING OF MAGNA CARTA BY PUBLICATION, LECTURES, PAGEANTS OR BY OTHER MEANS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST 27.7.1957.

Trustees (17)

17trustees
75median age
4aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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