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Shaftesbury Charitable Trust

Shaftesbury Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 900073) based in Shaftesbury, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Derek Rowntree LL.B -SOL.. Latest income £40k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

9 trustees
Income £40k (2025)

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes
Where: Dorset
Website: www.shaftesburycharitabletrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1989

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£40k£50k
2024£46k£37k
2023£38k£25k

Earlier years

2022£44k£33k
2021£513k£43k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE DIRECTED WHOLLY OR MAINLY TO THE BENEFIT OF SHAFTESBURY IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OR ANY PART OF SHAFTESBURY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DECIDE.

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.

9 trustees on the board

5.7y median 5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

Derek Leslie Beer
James David Thrift since 2013

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 9Amateur Sport 2Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

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.

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incomespending£40k latest income

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 900073
Status: Registered
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 29TH SEPTEMBER 1988
Contact on the register: 01747853926 · peter.harding@SJPP.co.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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