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Registered charity · Hitchin

The Preston Trust

The Preston Trust is a registered charity (number 802988) based in Hitchin, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Walter Thomas Pitt Steele since 2017. Latest income £4k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £4k (2024)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport and 1 more
Where
Hertfordshire
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£4k£4k
  • 2023£3k£4k
  • 2022£2k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2021£6k£5k
  • 2020£2k£2k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO IMPROVE, PROTECT AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE VILLAGE OF PREASTON. TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THEAREA OF BENEFIT. TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THCHILDREN, SENIOR CITIZENS AND OTHERS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATON, PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Grants received

1 grant · £1,440 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,440

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,4402002-03-20
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 trustees on the board

5.2y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
802988
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 JANUARY 1990 AS AMENDED 3 MAY 2009
Contact on the register
01462434403 · prestonvillagetrust@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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