The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Charity of Dorothy, Lady Burghley

Registered charity 254185 Registered since 1967

Operates: Lincolnshire

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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.

11y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Accommodation/housing 3General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Construction 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

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Contact

Emailalison.giddings@burghley.co.uk
Phone01780752075
AddressBURGHLEY ESTATE OFFICE, 61 HIGH STREET, ST. MARTINS, STAMFORD, PE9 2LQ

Finances

£7,767 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£7,147£8,768
2023£7,290£6,499
2024£7,290£7,410
2025£7,491£8,350
2026£7,767£9,245

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(1)AFTER PAYMENT OF ANY EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION, THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE NET INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:- (A)IN AWARDING TO BENEFICIARIES BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS HIGHER OR FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES. (B)IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PURCHASE OF TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO BETTER PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AT SUCH INSTITUTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. (C)IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. (D)IN AWARDING MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION. (E)IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT) OF BENEFICIARIES. (F)FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE PERMITTED BY THE DEED OF TRUST OF 20 FEBRUARY 1605.

Governing document: DEED OF 20TH FEBRUARY 1605 (PR VOL 24 PAGE 145) AND REGULATIONS AS AMENDED 1952 AND 1967 AND 1991

Trustees (7)

7trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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