Hear from our Trust Chair Daniel Stokes and our Director Julian Carnell about the progress we made as a charity in 2024-25 and what's we're looking forward to.
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Chair's report
Thank you to all our staff, facilitators, volunteers and teachers whose quiet supportive work continually inspires me.
Sharpham continues to steadily evolve, maintaining a careful balance between the pursuit of the Trust's compassionate vision and the need to remain financially resilient.
We are in the process of refining our strategic plan for the next five years to ensure the continued development and deepening of our mindfulness work.
Our work of helping people to re-connect with themselves, their communities and the natural world is particularly relevant at this present time.
Sharpham is a place of extraordinary natural beauty and a place of kindness, for many years it has been devoted to peace and stillness, it is a place of contemplation and reconciliation.
You don't have to conform to any stereotype here, whoever you are, whatever you feel or think, you are welcome here.
Daniel Stokes
Chairman, The Sharpham Trust
Director's report
Enjoy an overview of our mindfulness, nature and event successes and share in our gratitude for our retreatants, participants and volunteers in this 1-minute video with Trust Director Julian Carnell.
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What's next?
Trustees are focused on maintaining the resilience of the Trust and the new Trust Strategic Plan - which has been fed into by staff and other stakeholders - will be finalised in October 2025.
The Trust continues to maintain balanced operating budgets whilst striving to invest to maintain the fabric of the Sharpham Estate and the quality of the programme. Trustees are actively looking at improving facilities to support current activity and allow some diversification into new but associated charitable areas such as group hire and food related courses.
Looking after our historic assets continues to be a constant effort, but is bearing fruit. Grant funding has been a strength for the Trust and will continue to be a focus for fundraising efforts. Investment has been made in the Trust’s marketing capability and this will continue with a focus on upgrading digital systems.
Staff and volunteers will continue to be a critical resource for the charity and Trustees are keen to continue to find ways to support our team on which everything relies.
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