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The Bean Trust for Blake Studies

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £717 (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Where
Essex
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£717£21k
  • 2025£798£4k
  • 2024£604£3k
Earlier years
  • 2023£421£8k
  • 2022£453£0

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

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.

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

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

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 4

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

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£798 latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
291031
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 31ST MAY 1984
Contact on the register
01206872152 · jwillis@essex.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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