Gaia House Trust

Registered charity 900339 Registered since 1990

Operates: Devon

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Andrew Lacey since 2018
Adva Rodogovsky since 2023
Jean Hodder since 2024
Pamela Sutherland since 2022
Paul Philpin Rees Stevenson since 2023
Susanna Alyce since 2023
Tim Blanch since 2018
Victoria Murphy since 2024

4.1y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Lacey since 2018
Tim Blanch since 2018

7.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Andrew Lacey since 2018
Adva Rodogovsky since 2023
Jean Hodder since 2024
Paul Philpin Rees Stevenson since 2023
Susanna Alyce since 2023
Tim Blanch since 2018
Victoria Murphy since 2024

Portfolio (1)

Pamela Sutherland since 2022

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 8General Charitable Purposes 8Religious Activities 8

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

Other services 10Property 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020

27 from 22 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Oxford Insight Meditation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

ST. George's House Trust (Windsor Castle) Similar size; both Religion
Scripture Union International Council Similar size; both Religion
Husaini Masjid and Mohammedi Park Management Trust Similar size; both Religion
Inter-Varsity Press Similar size; both Religion
University Jewish Chaplaincy Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.gaiahouse.co.uk
Email	admin@gaiahouse.co.uk
Phone	01626323882
Address	Gaia House, West Ogwell, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ12 6EW

Finances

£1,267,425 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£581,530	£582,028
2022	£751,127	£805,458
2023	£1,152,109	£987,410
2024	£1,366,290	£1,072,825
2025	£1,267,425	£1,244,513

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

(1) TO PRESERVE PROTECT AND ENHANCE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE OF MEDITATION. (2) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION IN MEDITATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12TH JANUARY 1990 AS AMENDED ON 13TH SEPTEMBER 2000 as amended on 22 Jan 2020

Trustees (8)

8trustees

64median age

2aged 70+

Andrew Laceyage band 65-69 since 2018
Adva Rodogovskyage band 50-54 since 2023
Jean Hodderage band 70-74 since 2024
Pamela Sutherlandage band 65-69 since 2022
Paul Philpin Rees Stevensonage band 55-59 since 2023
Susanna Alyceage band 60-64 since 2023
Tim Blanchage band 70-74 since 2018
Victoria Murphyage band 45-49 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Gaia House Trust · 02459323 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/01/1990

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Oxford Insight Meditation 1 shared trustee

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