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Registered charity · Liverpool

The David and Ruth Behrend Fund

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £175k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Lcvs.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.merseytrusts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1970

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£175k£107k
  • 2025£129k£92k
  • 2024£62k£102k
Earlier years
  • 2023£117k£105k
  • 2022£112k£111k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

TRUST DEED DATED 17TH SEPTEMBER 1969

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.

2 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

1
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 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£129k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
261567
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 17TH SEPTEMBER 1969
Contact on the register
01512275177
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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