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Registered charity · Merseyside

The Trapnell Fund

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £156k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Lancashire
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£156k£121k
  • 2024£154k£57k
  • 2023£143k£75k
Earlier years
  • 2022£120k£105k
  • 2021£114k£104k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO SUPPORT OR PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS AT ROSSALL SCHOOL, FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE AND BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO PERSONS LEAVING ROSSALL SCHOOL FOR FULL-TIME EDUCATION AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. (FOR FUTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 (2-3) OF THE DEED.

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.

6.5y median 6.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

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 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£156k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
517177
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED DATED 30TH NOVEMBER 1985.
Contact on the register
01253774299
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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