The Dartington Hall Trust

Registered charity 279756 Registered since 1980

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.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

David Julian Buchler since 2025
David Kempton since 2025
Georgina Allen since 2025
James Gaisford since 2025
Syra Emily Sowe since 2025

1y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

14.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

David Julian Buchler since 2025
David Kempton since 2025
Georgina Allen since 2025
Syra Emily Sowe since 2025

Portfolio (1)

James Gaisford since 2025

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 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 4General Charitable Purposes 4Economic/community Development/employment 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 11Business services 9Other services 8

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2025

incomespending£12.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2025

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.

17.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.5 in 2020

214 from 247 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Infocus Charity 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice Limited Similar size; both Other purposes
The Chartered Institute of Taxation Similar size; both Other purposes
The Copsewood Education Trust Similar size; both Other purposes
ST Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) Similar size; both Other purposes
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.dartington.org
Email	trust@dartington.org
Phone	01803847009
Address	The Dartington Hall Trust, The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6EL

Finances

£12,933,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£20,057,000	£24,326,000
2021	£12,324,000	£13,802,000
2022	£14,965,000	£19,516,000
2023	£13,846,000	£18,379,000
2025	£12,933,000	£19,694,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR ALL OR SUCH PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE BY ENGLISH LAW.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 14 MARCH 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 29 MARCH 1982, 18 MARCH 1988, 7 DECEMBER 1990, 3 OCTOBER 1991, 18 MARCH 1996 AND 28 MARCH 2009.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 JAN 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees

67median age

2aged 70+

David Julian Buchlerage band 70-74 since 2025
David Kemptonage band 85-89 since 2025
Georgina Allenage band 60-64 since 2025
James Gaisfordage band 65-69 since 2025
Syra Emily Soweage band 45-49 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Dartington Hall Trust(the) · 01485560 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/03/1980

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Infocus Charity 1 shared trustee

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