Town Estate (Estate Trustees )
Registered charity 227363 Registered since 1963
Operates: Essex
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Robert Draper Caton Chair since 2011
- Adrian Peter Lowe
- Jane Presland
- Miles Edmund Leeder
- Marion Elizabeth Jossaume since 2019
- Matthew Latham since 2016
- Paul Jeremy Christopher Meader since 2019
9.8y median 8.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Draper Caton Chair since 2011
- Marion Elizabeth Jossaume since 2019
- Matthew Latham since 2016
- Paul Jeremy Christopher Meader since 2019
5.9y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Paul Jeremy Christopher Meader since 2019
Portfolio (6)
- Robert Draper Caton Chair since 2011
- Adrian Peter Lowe
- Jane Presland
- Miles Edmund Leeder
- Marion Elizabeth Jossaume since 2019
- Matthew Latham since 2016
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Environment/conservation/heritage 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Religious Activities 2
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 1Business 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.
incomespending£65k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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
- Town Estate NON-Ecclesiastical Charity 6 shared trustees
- Thaxted Relief in Need Charities 2 shared trustees
Also active in the same field
- The John and Ruth Howard Charitable Trust Similar size; both Environment
- ST Matthias Conservation Trust LTD Similar size; both Environment
- The Federation of Family History Societies Similar size; both Environment
- Cavalcade of Costume Limited Similar size; both Environment
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| YCSECANDT@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 01371830505 |
| Address | Levetts House, Bardfield Road, Thaxted, Thaxted, Essex, CM6 2LR |
Finances
£64,882 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £60,519 | £28,304 |
| 2022 | £62,131 | £35,149 |
| 2023 | £63,234 | £42,485 |
| 2024 | £63,797 | £29,809 |
| 2025 | £64,882 | £30,478 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesReligious ActivitiesEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
ONE THIRD OF INCOME TO TOWN ESTATE ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY. TWO THIRDS TO TOWN ESTATE NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY.
Governing document: REP VOL. 32.PT.1. PP 609. ORDER UNDER L.G.A. 1894 S.75. (2) DATED 31ST JANUARY 1896.
Trustees (7)
7trustees
41median age
0aged 70+
- Robert Draper Caton Chair since 2011
- Adrian Peter Lowe
- Jane Presland
- Miles Edmund Leeder
- Marion Elizabeth Jossaume since 2019
- Matthew Lathamage band 25-29 since 2016
- Paul Jeremy Christopher Meaderage band 55-59 since 2019
Connected charities (2)
- Town Estate NON-Ecclesiastical Charity 6 shared trustees
- Thaxted Relief in Need Charities 2 shared trustees
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