The Trollope Society

Registered charity 803130 Registered since 1990

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

7.2y median 5.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.2y

average years in governance

3 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Business services 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Crusaid 1 shared trustee
The Robert Barnett Foundation 1 shared trustee
The ALL Saints Parochial Charities 1 shared trustee
The ST Paul's Cathedral Chorister Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The ST Paul's Cathedral Chorister Trust 1 shared trustee
Crusaid 1 shared trustee
The Robert Barnett Foundation 1 shared trustee
The ALL Saints Parochial Charities 1 shared trustee
The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Flying Ducks Youth Theatre Similar size; both Arts and culture

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Contact

Website	www.trollopesociety.org
Email	info@trollopesociety.org
Phone	01892542921
Address	21 Oak Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3AN

Finances

£60,205 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£61,322	£48,000
2022	£51,581	£49,878
2023	£55,449	£53,871
2024	£72,477	£67,584
2025	£60,205	£47,114

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE AUTHOR ANTHONY TROLLOPE (1815-1882) AND SUBJECT THERETO AND IN DEFAULT THEROF FOR SUCH PURPOSE AS SHALL BE A LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DIRECT.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1ST SEPTEMBER 1987 AS VARIED BY DEED DATED 20TH MARCH 1990

Trustees (6)

6trustees

64median age

1aged 70+

Dominic Edwardesage 58 Chair since 2011
Christopher John Skilton since 2024
Gillian Mary Elizabeth Brownrigg Wilford since 2026
Jennifer Bryant-Pearsonage 70 since 2020
Nigel Smith since 2021
Susan Esther Cooper since 2011

Connected charities (4)

The ALL Saints Parochial Charities 1 shared trustee
The Robert Barnett Foundation 1 shared trustee
The ST Paul's Cathedral Chorister Trust 1 shared trustee
Crusaid 1 shared trustee

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