The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Biddestone Trust

Registered charity 267587 Registered since 1974

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

7.2y median 4y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 8Education/training 2General 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.

Other services 1

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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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£127k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailjcs@jcssutton.co.uk
Phone02086431166
AddressJACOB CAVENAGH & SKEET, 5 ROBIN HOOD LANE, SUTTON, SM1 2SW

Finances

£127,438 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£90,952£70,771
2022£92,100£183,526
2023£110,032£241,438
2024£115,436£140,851
2025£127,438£140,081

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1. THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT RELIEF OR AID OF SUCH CHRISTIAN MINISTERS MISSIONARIES OR CHURCHES AS ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH AS MOST PURELY REPRESENTED IN THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION THE SAVOY CONFESSION AND THE LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION OF 1689. 2. THE RELIEF OF THE DEPENDENTS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS OR MISSIONARES. 3. GENERALLY THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE OF THE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT ASPECT OF THE SAID FAITH AS TAUGHT BY THE PROTESTANTS REFORMERS AND ENGLISH PURITANS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 9 MAY 1974 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1996

Trustees (8)

8trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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