The Paragon Trust

Registered charity 278348 Registered since 1979

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

19.6y median 24y

average tenure

42y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

19.6y

average years in governance

3 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 2Education 2Other services 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Cambridge Summer Music LTD 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Michaelhouse Limited 1 shared trustee
Sandford Millennium Green Trust 1 shared trustee
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge ST Mary the Great With ST Michael 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Cambridge Summer Music LTD 1 shared trustee
Sandford Parish Paths and Environment Group 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Michaelhouse Limited 1 shared trustee
Sandford Millennium Green Trust 1 shared trustee
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge ST Mary the Great With ST Michael 1 shared trustee
The Yves Guihannec Foundation Similar size; both General purposes

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Contact

Phone	01892510000
Address	Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP, Heathervale House, 2-4 Vale Avenue, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Kent, TN1 1DJ

Finances

£89,962 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£84,327	£105,268
2022	£86,487	£123,015
2023	£84,433	£157,580
2024	£85,096	£123,347
2025	£89,962	£138,595

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 23RD JULY 1979

Trustees (5)

5trustees

66median age

0aged 70+

Lucy Julia Whistlerage 66 Chair since 1984
Archie Anthony Cornish since 2025
Dr Fiona Elizabeth Cornishage 65 since 2002
Philip Lewis Cunningham since 1996
Seth Thomas Whistler Maynard since 2025

Connected charities (5)

Cambridge Summer Music LTD 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Michaelhouse Limited 1 shared trustee
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge ST Mary the Great With ST Michael 1 shared trustee
Sandford Parish Paths and Environment Group 1 shared trustee
Sandford Millennium Green Trust 1 shared trustee

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