The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Bean Trust for Blake Studies

Registered charity 291031 Registered since 1985

Operates: Essex

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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.

4 trustees on the board

2y median 1.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Emailjwillis@essex.ac.uk
Phone01206872152
AddressUNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, WIVENHOE PARK, COLCHESTER, CO4 3SQ

Finances

£798 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£540£0
2022£453£0
2023£421£8,292
2024£604£3,454
2025£798£3,924

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS OF POERTY AND PAINTING AND WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE WORK OF BRITISH POETS AND PAINTERS AND ESPECIALLY THE WORK OF WILLIAM BLAKE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UNDERSTANDING ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH POERTY AND PAINTING BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX AND BY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 31ST MAY 1984

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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