Registered charity · Devon
Totnes Trust
Totnes Trust is a registered charity (number 290967) based in Devon, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Paul Church since 2021. Latest income £27k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £27k (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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- www.totnestrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Totnes Trust
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£27k£33k
- 2024£18k£12k
- 2023£17k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£17k
- 2021£10k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF TOTNES AND DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF TOTNES AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS AND FEATURES (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST. (2) TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID TOWNSPEOPLE.
Grants received
2 grants · £5,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,000
- Devon Community Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Paul Church Chair since 2021
- Jane Seymour since 2025
- Louise Pilkington since 2023
- Matthew Dean Higgs since 2010
- Richard Charles O'Connell since 2014
- Richard John Paddock Mitchell since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Dean Higgs since 2010
- Richard Charles O'Connell since 2014
- Richard John Paddock Mitchell since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Paul Church Chair since 2021
- Jane Seymour since 2025
- Matthew Dean Higgs since 2010
- Richard Charles O'Connell since 2014
Portfolio (2)
- Louise Pilkington since 2023
- Richard John Paddock Mitchell since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 290967
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/01/1985AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/06/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10 SEP 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 01879345 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07785725299 · info.totnestrust@gmail.com
- 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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