# DEVON RURAL SKILLS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 292969
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 6, 1985
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=292969


## Contact

- **Address:** 1a Jesmond Road, Exeter
- **Postcode:** EX1 2DG
- **Phone:** 07815189911
- **Email:** payments@drst.org.uk
- **Website:** www.drst.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE PRESERVATION OF RURAL CRAFTS AND SKILLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN ALL SUCH RURAL SKILLS AND CRAFTS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION CONSIDER WORTHY OF PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION.

**Activities:** To maintain the Traditional Rural Skills which have made Devon the place it is.

**Area of benefit:** COUNTY OF DEVON




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £13894 | £12247 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £12773 | £16053 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £8425 | £15387 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £9772 | £8263 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £3033 | £3590 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ALAN COOPER — appointed Sept. 3, 2013
- CHRIS BAKER — appointed July 12, 2017
- DAVID DINGLE — appointed Sept. 3, 2013
- DONALD WILLIAM GASKINS
- Laura Tunstall Murray — appointed July 12, 2017
- Mark Joynes — appointed May 22, 2024
- NICK DAWE — appointed Sept. 3, 2013
- Nic Kirkham — appointed May 22, 2024