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The Seventh Earl of Bradford's 1981 Charitable Trust

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £48k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Shropshire, Staffordshire
Registered
1982

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£48k£22k
  • 2024£46k£45k
  • 2023£21k£33k
Earlier years
  • 2022£12k£21k
  • 2021£12k£22k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF ANY PERSON WHO AT ANY TIME IS OR HAS BEEN EMPLOYED ON ANY OF THE FAMILY ESTATES AND WHO IS POOR. (B) THE RELIEF OF ANY SPOUSE FORMER SPOUSE WIDOW WIDOWER CHILD ORPHAN RELATIVE OR DEPENDANT OF ANY SUCH PERSON AS AFORESAID WHO IS POOR. (C) THE RELIEF OF ANY POOR PERSON (EXCLUDING THE SETTLOR O ANY PERSON TO WHOM HE IS FOR THE TIME BEING MARRIED OR ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY LIVING IN ANY OF THE FAMILY ESTATES. (D) SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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.

0
trustees past 6 years
2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 2Other Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£48k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
33 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
284689
Status
Registered
Governing document
SETTLEMENT DATED 16TH APRIL 1982 AND DEED DATED 3RD OCTOBER 1988
Contact on the register
01952850111 · enquiries@bradford-estates.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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