The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Clingan's Trust

Registered charity 307085 Registered since 1967

Operates: Dorset

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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.

10y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9Amateur Sport 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
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incomespending£89k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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

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Contact

Websitewww.clinganstrust.co.uk
Emailclerk@clinganstrust.co.uk
Phone07932997965
AddressClingans Trust, PO Box 9624, POOLE, Dorset, BH14 4GR

Finances

£88,507 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£63,575£64,577
2021£79,946£69,896
2022£84,058£93,045
2023£88,816£119,912
2024£88,507£107,845

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

1. APPRENTICING POOR CHILDREN, PECULIAR REGARD BEING HAD TO THE SEA SERVICE. 2. IF THE INCOME CANNOT BE USEFULLY APPLIED IN APPRENTICING THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY IT IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:- (A) AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY PRICE OF LEARNING APPROVED BY THE TUSTEES. (B) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP BENEFICIARIES TO PREPARE FOR OR TO ENTER A PROFFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING. (C) AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO TRAVEL TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION. (D) PROVIDING FACILITIES (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDE BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY) FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING. (E) PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. NOTE BENEFICARIES ARE PERSONS OF EITHER SEX WHO ARE UNDER 25 AND IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Governing document: CHANCERY SCHEME DATED 19TH MARCH 1736 AS SUPPLEMENTED BY A SCHEME DATED 2ND MAY 1893 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES DATED 5TH OCTOBER 1948 AND 1ST DECEMBER 1965, AS AMENDED BY SCHEME 15 MARCH 1996 ( AMALGAMATED WITH 307084 - WILLIAM ARTHUR AND TOM NEWMAN FUND

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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