Trustee since 1994. Chairman since November 2013. Former owner of the Clarendon Park Estate in Wiltshire. Past Chairman of GWCT (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust) and Timber Growers UK. Trustee of Salisbury Cathedral Trust. Trustee of Clinton Devon and Roxburghe Estates.

Our
Team
Greater than the sum of our parts
Our team at The Ernest Cook Trust is fantastic. We work together ensuring that the important work of the Trust flourishes, no matter what. We’re part of a unique heritage that gives all our activities a particular character, enhancing the lives of thousands of children and young people, their families and communities.
We celebrate our people and all our achievements, working together as one.
Our Learning Team
learning@ernestcooktrust.org.uk
Tel 01285 712492 Option 1









Our Grants Team
Tel 01285 712492 Option 2




Head Office Team
accounts@ernestcooktrust.org.uk
General Enquiries Tel 01285 712492 Option 0
Purchase Ledger Tel 01285 712492 Option 5
Sales Ledger Tel 01285 712492 Option 7







Our Estates Team
estates@ernestcooktrust.org.uk
Tenant Enquiries Tel 01285 712492 Option 4
Land & Property Matters Tel 01285 712492 Option 6














Our Trustees
We have an outstanding board of Trustees who embody a wealth of specialist knowledge, skills and experience. Their collective discernment, wisdom and foresight ensures the Trust stays true to itself and its responsibilities.




Joined the Trustees in Autumn of 2013 and is currently the Trust’s Education Trustee. Taught History and English at Winchester College from 1976 to 2000, where he was also a Housemaster for 12 years, and was Headmaster of Sherborne School between 2000 and 2010. Currently a Governor of schools in the UK and Prague, and a Trustee of the British Racing School.


Joined the Trustees in April 2017. Formerly a Crown Estate Commissioner and Director of Sales & Lettings at Grosvenor Ltd, and held posts as Chairman of the National Skills Academy for Retail and President of the British Council of Shopping Centres. Awarded the OBE in 2014 for services to UK Real Estate and for voluntary service. Was previously a Governor at Westonbirt School and is a Non Executive Director of a number of businesses in the real estate sector.


Trustee since 2004. Lives and farms at West Woodhay in Berkshire. High Sheriff for the Royal County of Berkshire 2008. Was an Investment manager and MD of Cazenove until 2002, retiring as Chairman of Witan Investment Trust plc, as a Trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and as a Director of the Cadogan Settled Estates Ltd in early 2020. Currently Chairman of the Farmington Trust and a Governing Fellow of Harris Manchester College Oxford.


Became a Trustee in November 2015. Former teacher, founder and Chairman of the Ufton Court Educational Trust in Berkshire, which aims to inspire and challenge young people through learning outside the classroom. Previously on the Council of Bradfield College and governor at the John Madejski Academy and the Mortimer Schools Federation in Reading. High Sheriff for the Royal County of Berkshire 2020. Mary also follows in her father’s footsteps – Sir William Benyon was Chairman of ECT from 1992-2004.


Became a Trustee in February 2014. He was formerly the Secretary and Keeper of the Records for the Duchy of Cornwall, until his retirement in June 2013. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Trustee of several private estates in England and Scotland, Trustee and Director of The Pirbright Institute, and a former Court member of the Worshipful Company of Farmers.