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SIR John Plumb Charitable Trust
SIR John Plumb Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 801932) based in Cambridge, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Scotland, Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£3k
- 2024£3k£2k
- 2023£3k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£3k
- 2021£3k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(I) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HISTORY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO YOUNG HISTORIANS UNDER THE AGE OF 30 AND IN PARTICULAR TO YOUNG HISTORIANS AT CHRIST'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (II) TO MAKE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL ARTS COLLECTION FUNDS TO THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM AND TO THE LEICESTER MUSEUM (THE GRANTS TO THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM BEING USED FOR THE PURCHASE FO ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN CERAMICS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY). (III) TO DEVOTE ONE-TENTH OF THE INCOME FROM THE CHARITY TO CHARITIES OF THE TRUSTEES' CHOICE WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE YOUNG DISABLED, THE NEEDS OF THE AGED IN CAMBRIDGE LEICESTER ANDWESTHORPE AND TO THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPES.
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.
5 trustees on the board
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Joachim Whaley since 1989
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
Portfolio (3)
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 801932
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 24TH JULY 1989
- Contact on the register
- 01223332454 · jw10005@cam.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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