The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

National Fruit Collections Trust

Registered charity 328674 Registered since 1990

Operates: Kent

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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.

4 trustees on the board

8.7y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
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 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Business services 5Agriculture 2Other 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£13k 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

Phone01795533225
AddressFARM ADVISORY SERVICES TEAM, BROGDALE ROAD, OSPRINGE, FAVERSHAM, ME13 8XZ

Finances

£13,051 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,666£55,881
2022£7,649£109,775
2023£11,114£0
2024£2,631£7,157
2025£13,051£6,113

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HORTICULTURE, AND MORE PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE GROWTH CULTIVATION UTILISATION AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES AND ALL OTHER PLANTS PRODUCING EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND THE DISSEMINATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 APR 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 1990AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25 NOV 2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 AUG 2016

Trustees (4)

4trustees
76median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Fruit Collections Trust · 02496234 · Active - Proposal to Strike off

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/04/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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