The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The SIR Robert Gooch Trust

Registered charity 264097 Registered since 1972

Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk, Birmingham City, Dudley, Solihull

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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.

11.5y median 11.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

24.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (4)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Property 5Education 3Agriculture 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£47k latest income

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailvictoriavn@benacre.com
Phone01502675029
AddressTHE ESTATE OFFICE, HALL FARM, BENACRE, BECCLES, SUFFOLK, NR34 7LJ

Finances

£46,751 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£31,522£28,308
2022£30,909£36,459
2023£38,253£43,757
2024£46,155£45,911
2025£46,751£50,159

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE SETTLOR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BY NOTICE IN WRITING DIRECT AND SUBJECT TO AND IN THE DEFAULT OF ANY SUCH DIRECTION AND IN SO FAR AS SUCH DIRECTION MAY NOT EXTEND AS THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 1ST MAY 1972

Trustees (4)

4trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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