Registered charity · Swindon
B E M B Research and Education Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £120k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bembtrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£120k£112k
- 2024£88k£83k
- 2023£100k£96k
Earlier years
- 2022£70k£85k
- 2021£22k£100k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THAT BRANCH OR ANY PART OF THAT BRANCH OF AGRICULTURE WHICH IS CONCERNED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF HEN OR DUCK EGGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND BY ADVANCING PROMOTING CONDUCTING ENCOURAGING OR SUPPORTING EDUCATION INVESTIGATIONS RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL OR DEVELOPMENT WORK TO THAT END AND PUBLISHING DISSEMINATING AND SUPPLYING THE RESULTS OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS RESEARCH AND WORK.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Martin William Shirley Chair since 2014
- Duncan Priestner
- Dr Paul Britton since 2019
- Jeffrey Vernon Vergerson
- James Richard Corbett since 2020
- John Widdowson since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Martin William Shirley Chair since 2014
- Dr Paul Britton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Martin William Shirley Chair since 2014
- Duncan Priestner
- Dr Paul Britton since 2019
- Jeffrey Vernon Vergerson
- James Richard Corbett since 2020
- John Widdowson since 2021
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 262938
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 1ST JULY 1971 AS VARIED BY A DEED OF VARIATION DATED 12 DECEMBER 1996 AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 15TH OCTOBER 2003
- Contact on the register
- 01285862377 · alibone@bembtrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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