The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Francis C Scott Charitable Trust

Registered charity 232131 Registered since 1964

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire

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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.

7.6y median 4y
average tenure
41y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

4
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Amateur Sport 1Animals 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 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.

Finance 6Agriculture 5Business services 4

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£877k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2020

5 from 3 in 2020
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.francis-scott.org.uk
Emailhelen@francis-scott.org.uk
Phone01539742608
AddressHELEN CARTER, STRICKLANDGATE HOUSE, 92 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4PU

Finances

£876,947 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£577,445£1,399,587
2021£454,753£1,556,243
2022£453,746£1,629,102
2023£558,156£1,546,649
2024£876,947£1,954,987

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Trustees (12)

12trustees
68median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (10)

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