The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Christopher and Elspeth Thomas Charitable Trust

Registered charity 326773 Registered since 1985

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

13y median 13y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

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

Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£15k 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailgecthomas@hotmail.com
Phone01480810224
AddressDower House, Stirtloe, ST. NEOTS, PE19 5XW

Finances

£14,867 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£10,000£14,400
2021£10,000£10,550
2022£10,000£11,508
2023£13,328£29,915
2024£14,867£19,214

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST IN THEIR DISCRETION TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF TO OR FOR THE LEGALLY CHARITABLE BODIES, INSTITUTIONS OR PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN THE THIRD SCHEDULE HERETO AND SUBJECT AS AFORESAID UPON TRUST FOR SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THEY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 1 DECEMBER 1984

Trustees (4)

4trustees
73median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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