Registered charity · Norfolk
The John Gurney Charitable Trust
The John Gurney Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 285456) based in Norfolk, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Priscilla ANN Meath Baker. Latest income £182k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £182k (2025)
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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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Norfolk
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£182k£214k
- 2024£182k£399k
- 2023£164k£139k
Earlier years
- 2022£152k£171k
- 2021£143k£305k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
A) TO PRESERVE IMPROVE AND ALSO RENEW WHERE ESSENTIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF WALSINGHAM SPROWSTON AND ADJOINING AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE PARISHES OF WALSINGHAM SPROWSTON AND ADJOINING AREAS AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST. SIMILARLY TO PRESERVE IMPROVE AND RENEW AND ADD TO THE CONTENTS OF SUCH BUILDINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON REGULAR VIEWING DAYS; AND B) TO PRESERVE, IMPROVE AND EQUIP BUILDINGS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE PARISHES OF WALSINGHAM, SPROWSTON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, PROVIDING SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND HEALTHCARE OF THE PUBLIC WHICH ARE NOT PROVIDED BY STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND IN PARTICULAR THE PARISH HALL IN LITTLE WALSINGHAM AND SIMILARLY TO PRESERVE, RENEW AND IMPROVE THE CONTENTS OF SUCH BUILDINGS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Priscilla ANN Meath Baker Chair
- Bruce Sheridan Christer
- Thomas Courtauld since 2017
- William John Clovis Meath Baker since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Thomas Courtauld since 2017
- William John Clovis Meath Baker since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 285456
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 20 JUL 1982AS AMENDED ON 24 APR 2023AS AMENDED ON 04 NOV 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01328820259 · admin@walsingham-estate.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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