The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Rare Breeds Survival Trust

Registered charity 269442 Registered since 1982

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.

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Education/training 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.

Agriculture 17Other services 5Manufacturing 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£934k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

63.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 16.4 in 2020

7 from 9 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.rbst.org.uk
Emailenquiries@rbst.org.uk
Phone02476696551
AddressRare Breeds Survival Trust, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, KENILWORTH, CV8 2LG

Finances

£933,509 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£635,686£701,954
2021£712,546£607,149
2022£575,653£664,201
2023£729,834£699,259
2024£933,509£687,737

What it does

What

AnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

2. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED AND WHICH SHALL BE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY ARE TO DO ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING THE OBJECTS IF AND SO FAR AS ALLOWED BY LAW AND OBSERVING AND PERFORMING WHATEVER MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW IN ORDER LEGALLY TO CARRY OUT THE OBJECTS2.1 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF BREEDS AND BREEDING GROUPS OF DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK OF IMPORTANCE IN THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE BEING BREEDS AT RISK, AND HAVING CHARACTERISTICS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION IN THE INTEREST OF ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF GENES OF SPECIAL OR POTENTIAL VALUE IN HYBRIDISATION AND OTHER WORK.2.2 TO CONDUCT CARRY OUT AND PROMOTE RESEARCH (INCLUDING THE SPONSORING THEREOF) INTO THE FOREGOING MATTERS WHICH CONSTITUTE THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST AND INTO RELATED MATTERS DIRECTED TO INCREASING THE SUM OF COMMUNICABLE KNOWLEDGE THEREOF AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH. 2.3 THROUGHOUT THESE ARTICLES 'CHARITABLE' MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE SYSTEM OF LAW GOVERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY IS THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 MAR 1975AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 DEC 1975AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 DEC 1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JUN 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 JUN 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JUN 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 NOV 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUN 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUN 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUL 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 AUG 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 AUG 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 OCT 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 NOV 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 JAN 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Rare Breeds Survival Trust · 01204694 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/03/1975

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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