Registered charity · Cambridge
The Merlin Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £24k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- merlin-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£24k£47k
- 2025£27k£48k
- 2024£24k£39k
Earlier years
- 2023£30k£20k
- 2022£28k£16k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
A. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR STUDENTS TO ENDABLE THEM TO TRAVEL BOTH ABROAD AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO STUDY PLANTS IN THE WILD AND IN GARDENS; OR B. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING GENERALLY THE STUDY OF PLANTS IN THE WILD BUT NOT SO AS TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO OR BREEDING OF PLANTS; OR C. FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- David Gilchrist Knott since 2018
- JIM Jermyn
- Jonathan Theodore Miller since 2011
- Kit Strange since 2018
- Lee Daren Hale since 2022
- Paul Cook since 2016
- Sally Petitt
Trustees past 6 years
- David Gilchrist Knott since 2018
- Jonathan Theodore Miller since 2011
- Kit Strange since 2018
- Paul Cook since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- David Gilchrist Knott since 2018
- JIM Jermyn
- Jonathan Theodore Miller since 2011
- Kit Strange since 2018
- Lee Daren Hale since 2022
- Paul Cook since 2016
Portfolio (1)
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
- 803441
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 22ND JANUARY 1990
- Contact on the register
- 07551867152 · info@merlin-trust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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