The Team

Jennifer Singhal, LLB Clerk to the Trustees Jen is joining The Trust Partnership in the Spring of 2025, bringing 15+ years’ experience as a seasoned attorney focused on international governance and grant-making both in private practice, and as Associate General Counsel and Senior Director of Risk and Compliance at Benevity. Jen has established charitable organizations and advised Boards of Trustees of charitable Foundations across numerous global jurisdictions, leveraging a relationship-centred and pragmatic approach with deep expertise in strategy, law, risk, growth operations and high-performance team development. Appropriately focused on details, Jen has the practical skills to support Trustees in the diligent management of their governance duties to enable them to drive global social impact. She advises on matters relating to regulatory compliance, risk, employment, internal and external audit, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering. Jen regularly teaches and speaks at professional conferences, in higher education institutions and to executive programs including Harvard

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Rachael Bott Clerk Rachael is the administrator for the Hackney Parish Almshouse Charity and the Sir Halley Stewart Trust. Rachael is the clerk for Mrs Smith and Mount Trust.

Andrea Cutler Operations Director Andrea is a highly experienced office manager, project manager, HR specialist, IT and facilities manager. She has a wide-ranging role with The Trust Partnership with responsibilities for the smooth running of the shared services infrastructure that enables our team to manage multiple clients in an efficient and cost-effective manner. She also supports our team with financial and client systems.

Noel Cooper Finance Director Noel is responsible for the management of finance and accounting for The Trust Partnership and its clients. He manages Trust Accounting Ltd, our partner company, and its team of expert bookkeepers and management accountants, who can look after all aspects of a charity’s finances. To read more about the Trust Accounting team please click here.

Adele Alderwick Administrator Adele joined The Trust Partnership in January 2023 with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Gloucestershire. Adele is the administrator for the Hopkins and Sneyd Almshouse Charity, The Hospital of William Parson and The Clarke Charitable Settlement. Clare Westwood Administrator Clare joined us in 2025. Her career began in the food industry, where armed with a BA(Hons) Degree she worked as a New Product Development Manager, and later Technical Sales Manager. After a career break to look after a growing family, Clare retrained as a Higher Level Teaching Partner, and worked for 10 years in Primary Education, specialising in English, Maths and PE. Her love of sports finds her on the tennis courts and has started to play pickleball too. Clare enjoys watching her adult sons play football for a local club and enjoying live music and theatre with her husband. Clare is a

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Jill Lawrence Service Director Jill has considerable experience in almshouse clerking and management and has a clear dedication to supporting vulnerable people having had a lengthy career in a large public sector organisation. Jill has particular experience in helping almshouse clients to meet regulatory and best practice responsibilities. Jill is a well-respected clerk providing services to a variety of almshouse and grant-making clients within The Trust Partnership. She is a trustee of a local charity focused on domestic abuse issues.

Mia Duddridge Trusts and Foundations Manager Mia was The Trust Partnership’s first employee. She is now the most senior administrator in our Gloucestershire based team as well as being a mentor and guide for other team members. Mia is Clerk to the Trustees of The Nightingale Fellowship, 1930 Fund for District Nurses, and The Wixamtree Trust, where her sensitive care of vulnerable applicants is invaluable.