The William Scott Abbott Trust
Registered charity 233603 Registered since 1964
Operates: Cambridgeshire
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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.
8 trustees on the board
- David William Ashley Burgess Chair since 2023
- Clare Otridge since 2025
- Duncan Pickering since 2018
- Gamze Bradshaw since 2024
- Michael Edward Grange since 2021
- Paul Fieldhouse since 2024
- Simon Leeds since 2024
- Susan Mary Barnhurst since 2023
3.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Duncan Pickering since 2018
11y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- David William Ashley Burgess Chair since 2023
- Clare Otridge since 2025
- Duncan Pickering since 2018
- Gamze Bradshaw since 2024
- Michael Edward Grange since 2021
- Paul Fieldhouse since 2024
- Susan Mary Barnhurst since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Simon Leeds since 2024
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Animals 8Education/training 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Agriculture 3Arts and leisure 2Education 2
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£1.1m 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.
22.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 33.3 in 2021
18 from 22 in 2021
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
- ST Kyneburgha Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Cornwall Branch Similar size; both Animals
- Rainforest Concern Similar size; both Animals
- Horses and Ponies Protection Association Similar size; both Animals
- Suffolk OWL Sanctuary Similar size; both Animals
- Horseworld Trust Similar size; both Animals
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.sacrewell.org.uk |
| office@sacrewell.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01780 782254 |
| Address | The William Scott Abbott Trust, Great North Road, Thornhaugh, PETERBOROUGH, PE8 6HJ |
Finances
£1,130,792 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,001,393 | £1,156,274 |
| 2022 | £1,187,982 | £1,536,666 |
| 2023 | £1,180,875 | £1,307,204 |
| 2024 | £1,177,807 | £1,246,702 |
| 2025 | £1,130,792 | £1,352,530 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchCharitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF ALL FORMS OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SOUND PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR SUITABLE PUPILS IN AGRICULTURE. (FURTHER DETAILS AS PER CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF TRUST)
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16/12/1963AS AMENDED ON 23/03/2000AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 07/11/2013
Trustees (8)
8trustees
61median age
1aged 70+
- David William Ashley Burgessage band 55-59 Chair since 2023
- Clare Otridge since 2025
- Duncan Pickering since 2018
- Gamze Bradshaw since 2024
- Michael Edward Grange since 2021
- Paul Fieldhouseage band 70-74 since 2024
- Simon Leedsage band 60-64 since 2024
- Susan Mary Barnhurst since 2023
Connected charities (1)
- ST Kyneburgha Building Preservation Trust 1 shared trustee
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