Registered charity · Somerset

Somerton Education Trust

9 trustees
Income £11k (2025)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training
Where: Somerset
Registered: 1989

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£11k£24
2024£11k£0
2023£9k£1k

Earlier years

2022£8k£100k
2021£8k£7k

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SOMERTON.

Board analysis for researchers

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

Timothy Hugh Bown Chair since 2012
Anthony Lockhart Hossack since 2024
David John Speed since 2012
Mary Hossack since 2022
Pauline Saunders since 2012
Rev Judith Swan since 2024
Sharon ANN Coates since 2012
Susannah Svenson since 2018
Tim Kerley since 2019

8.8y median 8y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Timothy Hugh Bown Chair since 2012
David John Speed since 2012
Pauline Saunders since 2012
Sharon ANN Coates since 2012
Susannah Svenson since 2018
Tim Kerley since 2019

9.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Timothy Hugh Bown Chair since 2012
Anthony Lockhart Hossack since 2024
Mary Hossack since 2022
Pauline Saunders since 2012
Rev Judith Swan since 2024
Sharon ANN Coates since 2012
Susannah Svenson since 2018

Portfolio (2)

David John Speed since 2012
Tim Kerley since 2019

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 9Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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.

Construction 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 900147
Status: Registered
Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 4TH SEPTEMBER 1989
Contact on the register: 07957158003 · somerton.edu.trust@gmail.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 13th 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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