The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The John Gurney Charitable Trust

Registered charity 285456 Registered since 1982

Operates: Norfolk

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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.

7.5y median 7.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4Education/training 1

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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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£182k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailadmin@walsingham-estate.co.uk
Phone01328820259
AddressEstate Office, 10 Common Place, WALSINGHAM, Norfolk, NR22 6BP

Finances

£182,439 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£143,371£304,947
2022£151,887£170,505
2023£164,310£139,071
2024£181,973£399,286
2025£182,439£213,598

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 20 JUL 1982AS AMENDED ON 24 APR 2023AS AMENDED ON 04 NOV 2024

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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