The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Potential Trust

Registered charity 326645 Registered since 1984

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Health and social care 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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
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2025
incomespending£18k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.thepotentialtrust.org.uk
Emailpotentialtrust@gmail.com
Phone07946389912
AddressJH Greenwood & Co, Chartered Accountants, Ava Lodge, Castle Terrace, BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, TD15 1NP

Finances

£17,758 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£18,830£13,378
2022£12,004£23,076
2023£12,426£32,279
2024£77,026£63,559
2025£17,758£22,885

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ENCOURAGE, ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL INTELLIGENCE OR ABILITY OR CREATIVE CAPACITY OR POTENTIAL.TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION SUITED TO AND LIKELY TO DEVELOP TO THE FULL THE RESPECTIVE ABILITIES AND THE SOCIAL, PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SKILLS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE SUCH CHILDREN TO FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 16 JULY 1984

Trustees (7)

7trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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