Registered charity · Bicester
Makers of Playing Cards Charity
Makers of Playing Cards Charity is a registered charity (number 232876) based in Bicester, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £113k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as The Cutler Trust (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £113k (2025)
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Who leads it
- BEN SalmonTrustee · since 2025
- Capt Michael Leigh Davis-Marks OBE RNTrustee · since 2018
- Christopher George BowhayTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher Russell BrombyTrustee · since 2025
- Linda Clare WhitlamTrustee · since 2024
- Marisa Caroline Talbot JPTrustee · since 2024
- Neil Logan GreenTrustee · since 2020
- Nicholas John PrenticeTrustee · since 2015
- Robin SquireTrustee · since 2023
- Ruth CorbTrustee · since 2023
- Suzanne NicholsTrustee · since 2020
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.makersofplayingcards.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£113k£151k
- 2024£143k£119k
- 2023£117k£111k
Earlier years
- 2022£104k£89k
- 2021£89k£95k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OR EDUCATION OF ANY PERSON OF EITHER SEX WHO IS OR HAS BEEN AT ANY TIME IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PLAYING CARDS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS IN POOR AND NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AS DIRECTED BY THE MASTER WARDENS AND COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS. IF AND IN SO FAR AS INCOME IS NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE THE SAME MAY BE APPLIED FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING; 1) FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED 2) IN ASSISTING PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS OR BY PAYING FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, OR BY OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR ENABLE THEM, TO EARN THEIR LIVING; 3) IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID.
Board analysis
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.
11 trustees on the board
- BEN Salmon since 2025
- Capt Michael Leigh Davis-Marks OBE RN since 2018
- Christopher George Bowhay since 2022
- Christopher Russell Bromby since 2025
- Linda Clare Whitlam since 2024
- Marisa Caroline Talbot JP since 2024
- Neil Logan Green since 2020
- Nicholas John Prentice since 2015
- Robin Squire since 2023
- Ruth Corb since 2023
- Suzanne Nichols since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Capt Michael Leigh Davis-Marks OBE RN since 2018
- Nicholas John Prentice since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Capt Michael Leigh Davis-Marks OBE RN since 2018
- Christopher George Bowhay since 2022
- Marisa Caroline Talbot JP since 2024
- Neil Logan Green since 2020
- Robin Squire since 2023
- Ruth Corb since 2023
- Suzanne Nichols since 2020
Portfolio (4)
- BEN Salmon since 2025
- Christopher Russell Bromby since 2025
- Linda Clare Whitlam since 2024
- Nicholas John Prentice since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 232876
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 25 OCT 1943AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20 APR 1978AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 18 JUL 2006AS AMENDED ON 16 OCT 2006AS AMENDED ON 10 OCT 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07833 134581 · charitysecretary@makersofplayingcards.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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