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Registered charity · Gloucestershire

The Hunt Servants' Fund

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £321k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£321k£124k
  • 2023£111k£111k
  • 2022£99k£112k
Earlier years
  • 2021£136k£104k
  • 2020£196k£93k
Charitable objects

1(I) UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME AS TO BOTH CAPITAL AND INCOME EITHER:(A) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING: (I) AMONG HUNT SERVANTS AND THOSE INTENDING TO WORK AS SUCH; OR (II) IN RELATION TO MATTERS CONCERNING THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHETHER BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT; OR (B) FOR THE RELIEF OF: (I) POVERTY; OR (II) THOSE IN NEED (WHICH IT IS CHARITABLE AT LAW TO RELIEVE) ARISING BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AMONGST HUNT SERVANTS, THEIR SPOUSES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, CHILDREN AND REMOTER ISSUE, PERSONS LIVING WITH A HUNT SERVANT WHO HAVE LIVED WITH HIM OR HER FOR TWO YEARS AS HIS OR HER WIFE OR HUSBAND, AND PERSONS WHO LIVED WITH A HUNT SERVANT AS HIS OR HER WIFE OR HUSBAND FOR THE TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THAT HUNT SERVANTãS DEATH IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.1(II) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE TRUST FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR SUCH NEED AMONGST SUCH PERSONS IN ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:-(A) IN MAKING PERIODICAL PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS;(B) IN PURCHASING OR PROVIDING LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND PERMITTING SUCH PERSONS TO LIVE THEREIN EITHER FREE OR UPON SUCH TERMS (IF ANY) AS TO PAYMENT OF RENT, RATES AND OUTGOINGS AND AS TO REPAIR AS THE TRUSTEES HAVING REGARD TO THE MEANS OF SUCH PERSONS MAY THINK FIT;(C) IN PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHES AND OTHER NECESSITIES OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS;(D) IN PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OR HOME CARE FOR SUCH PERSONS;(E) IN PAYING FOR THE FUNERAL EXPENSES OF SUCH PERSONS; OR(F) IN PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE HUNT STAFF BENEFIT SOCIETY, A FRIENDLY SOCIETY REGISTERED UNDER NUMBER 698F, TO BE APPLIED SOLELY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE TRUST FUND ITSELF MAY BE APPLIED.1(III) ¶HUNT SERVANTS÷ MEANS PERSONS (WHETHER RETIRED OR NOT) WHO ARE OR HAVE AT ANY TIME BEEN IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH ONE OR MORE PACK OR PACKS OF HOUNDS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

8.2y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Disability 5Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£321k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
229974
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 25TH JUNE 1963 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE COMMISSION DATED 24 FEBRUARY 2009
Contact on the register
01285653001 · fundraising@hsbs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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