The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Evelyn Trust

Registered charity 232891 Registered since 1964

Operates: Cambridgeshire

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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.

12 trustees on the board

7.6y median 7y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

11
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 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 21Arts and leisure 4Education 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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: 3.9 months

0
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.evelyntrust.com
Emailoffice@evelyntrust.com
Phone01954 230389
AddressThe Evelyn Trust, PO Box 1436, Willingham, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 5YX

Finances

£1,283,691 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,022,566£1,427,761
2022£832,984£1,317,454
2023£1,013,322£2,611,772
2024£1,059,752£1,216,911
2025£1,283,691£1,449,867

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THE PROMOTION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO SUPPORT BODIES (INCORPORATED OR NOT) SITUATE WITHIN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE OR ANGLIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE OR OTHERWISE SITUATE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS PROMOTING THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH OR MEDICAL RESEARCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/05/1920AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/07/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/10/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2011 as amended on 08 Nov 2012

Trustees (12)

12trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Evelyn Trust · 00166995 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/05/1920

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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