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Registered charity · Banbury

The Francis Bacon Research Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.fbrt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£31k
  • 2024£51k£53k
  • 2023£22k£28k
Earlier years
  • 2022£19k£28k
  • 2021£41k£25k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE LIFE AND WORKS OF SIR FRANCIS BACON AND IN PARTICULAR SIR FRANCIS BACON WORKS 'ADVANCEMENT AND PROFICIENCE OF LEARNING' ANDHIS 'GREAT INSTAURATION'. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH (AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) INTO THE WORKS OF SIR FRANCIS BACON AND THE CONTINUATION OF SUCH FRSEARCH IN SO FAR AS IT MAY LEAD INTO THE WORKS OF OTHER EDINENT AUTHORS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE THE FUNDING AND ENDOWMENT OF A CENTRE OF CENTRES FOR SUCH RESEARCH.

Board analysis

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.

6 trustees on the board

20y median 21.5y
average tenure
34y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 6

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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£20k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
280616
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 4TH JULY 1980
Contact on the register
01295678623 · sarah@fbrt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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