The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Dame Vera Lynn Charitable Trust

Registered charity 802365 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

5.3y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 4Other Charitable Purposes 2

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 1Other services 1

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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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£27k 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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailksmyth@bbc-law.co.uk
Phone01273604123
AddressBURT BRILL & CARDENS, 30 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FL

Finances

£27,277 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£4,455£5,022
2021£251,577£1,964
2022£987£1,069
2023£2,548£15,531
2024£27,277£99,742

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONGST FORMER MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES AND THEIR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, DEPENDENTS AND FAMILIES, OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27TH OCTOBER 1989

Trustees (4)

4trustees
84median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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