Registered charity · Cambridge
Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers
Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers is a registered charity (number 800267) based in Cambridge, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £763 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as A C E R T (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £763 (2025)
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Who leads it
- Anne WalkerTrustee · since 2011
- Brian Foster M.EdTrustee · since 2012
- Candace ThomasTrustee · since 2022
- Chelsea Sarah Bernadette McdonaghTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Colin ClarkTrustee · since 2019
- Hazel MarshTrustee · since 2016
- Lisa SmithTrustee · since 2015
- Margaret WoodTrustee
- Professor Thomas ActonTrustee
- Tina Marie BowersTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.acert.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£763£883
- 2024£2k£8k
- 2023£2k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£4k
- 2021£1k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF TRAVELLERS;(2) PROMOTE GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS BY(A) ENDEAVOURING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRAVELLERS ON RACIAL OR OTHER GROUNDS;(B) ENCOURAGE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN TRAVELLERS AND OTHER GROUPS IN A MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Anne Walker since 2011
- Brian Foster M.Ed since 2012
- Candace Thomas since 2022
- Chelsea Sarah Bernadette Mcdonagh since 2025
- Dr Colin Clark since 2019
- Hazel Marsh since 2016
- Lisa Smith since 2015
- Margaret Wood
- Professor Thomas Acton
- Tina Marie Bowers since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Walker since 2011
- Brian Foster M.Ed since 2012
- Dr Colin Clark since 2019
- Hazel Marsh since 2016
- Lisa Smith since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Anne Walker since 2011
- Candace Thomas since 2022
- Hazel Marsh since 2016
- Lisa Smith since 2015
- Margaret Wood
- Tina Marie Bowers since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Brian Foster M.Ed since 2012
- Chelsea Sarah Bernadette Mcdonagh since 2025
- Dr Colin Clark since 2019
- Professor Thomas Acton
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 800267
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 29TH SEPTEMBER 1989
- Contact on the register
- 01223 508700 · info@acert.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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