Registered charity · Lyme Regis
The Ethelston and Bestic School Foundation
- 8 trustees
- Income £28k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Martin WhiteheadChair · since 1992
- Brian William ImpeyTrustee · since 2017
- Corinne HalesTrustee · since 2013
- Hannah BetchleyTrustee · since 2025
- Kathleen Elizabeth AllingtonTrustee · since 2025
- Pauline FrostTrustee · since 2010
- Robin HodgesTrustee · since 2010
- Veronica Mary Elizabeth DowerTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- www.bestic-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28k£2k
- 2024£24k£23k
- 2023£615k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£7k£8k
- 2021£7k£690
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS WHO, OR WHOSE PARENTS ARE RESIDENT IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF UPLYME.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Martin Whitehead Chair since 1992
- Brian William Impey since 2017
- Corinne Hales since 2013
- Hannah Betchley since 2025
- Kathleen Elizabeth Allington since 2025
- Pauline Frost since 2010
- Robin Hodges since 2010
- Veronica Mary Elizabeth Dower since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Martin Whitehead Chair since 1992
- Brian William Impey since 2017
- Corinne Hales since 2013
- Pauline Frost since 2010
- Robin Hodges since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Martin Whitehead Chair since 1992
- Brian William Impey since 2017
Portfolio (6)
- Corinne Hales since 2013
- Hannah Betchley since 2025
- Kathleen Elizabeth Allington since 2025
- Pauline Frost since 2010
- Robin Hodges since 2010
- Veronica Mary Elizabeth Dower since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 306751
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 22 OCTOBER 1951
- Contact on the register
- 01297442667 · andante@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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