Elizabeth Fathi

Client Director

Elizabeth has worked in the charity sector for over twenty years primarily as chief executive of a large almshouse charity with additional experience as both chair and trustee of a variety of charities and community-led organisations. She has previously worked in planning and development as a consultant.

Governance and compliance have been central to Elizabeth’s work with charities and she has been instrumental as a mentor and coach to many charities who have looked to meet those regulations in a relevant and proportionate way. She has experience in incorporation, mergers, policy writing, strategy review and implementation as well as interim chief executive work.

Elizabeth is former Chairman and current Board member of The Almshouse Association, a national charity representing 1600 almshouse providers. She has held various trustee roles, including some within family trusts.

You can reach Elizabeth at:

Mobile: 07957 764882
Email: [email protected]

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.

Cora Butler

Clerk 

Cora has worked at The Trust Partnership since 2017 having worked in the Customer Service sector for twenty years. Cora is an experienced administrator and has a thorough knowledge of the processes and procedures for grant making charities.

Cora is Clerk to The Johnnie Johnson Trust and provides support to The Radcliffe Trust.

Victoria Chester

Clerk

Victoria brings over 20 years’ leadership experience in the charity sector at local, national and international levels.  As a CEO, Trustee and Chair she has a wide range of strategic and ‘hands on’ management and governance skills working with large staff teams and Trustee boards. 

Victoria first qualified as a lawyer in the UK and USA and has since used her legal background to build a thorough understanding of the compliance requirements of both the English/Welsh and Scottish statutory charity regulators.  Victoria has worked as CEO for several wildlife conservation charities, the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community and the Bristol RSPCA as well as holding a range of governance roles including with the RSPB and the BBC Charities Appeals Committee.  

Victoria is passionate about supporting Trustees corporately and individually to fulfil their vision and ambitions for the charities they lead.  From her own experience she has a good understanding of the need to ensure processes enable rather than overwhelm the passion and commitment of Trustees for their causes.  She has experience in all areas of governance including board review processes, risk management, policy creation and monitoring, restructuring, strategy development, asset management and compliance. 

Sarah Worster

Clerk

Sarah has worked in the charitable sector since 2012 mainly in administrative roles but has also over seen communications and data analysis and assisted with fundraising.

Sarah provides support for The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust and Sears Group Trust and is the Clerk for The John Coates Charitable Trust and The Sir Simon Milton Foundation.

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.

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.

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.

Johanna Tompsett

Associate Clerk to Trustees

Johanna is a former Director of The Trust Partnership, now working as an Associate Clerk for the Ashley Family Foundation and D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. Having begun her career in fundraising, she has an excellent understanding of both sides of the grant-making process.

She is also a Grants Manager for a London-based grant-maker as well as Co-convenor of the Association of Charitable Foundation’s Small Funders’ Network, and governance support to other charitable organisations.

In addition, Johanna serves on the board of a local human rights organisation.

Kate Danielson

Associate Clerk to Trustees

Founder of Kate Danielson Associates, Kate has worked in the charitable/NFP sector for over 30 years. She has worked with the arts funders, Jerwood Foundation and Jerwood Arts, for 12 years, founding the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme with the charity in 2010 and as the programme director since the start. She has acted as special projects consultant with Garfield Weston Foundation since 2017, including running a programme of events and awards to mark their 60^th anniversary in the year they reached their £1billionth grant. She has been on the Board of two grant-giving trusts, including the BBC Performing Arts Fund.

Kate has been a producer in the arts and social sectors since the start of her career and has a long track record of creating financial stability in organisations, as a consultant and as a trustee. She co-founded social-impact charity, GUST, in Gloucester to do similar work in her local city. On behalf of The Trust Partnership, Kate acts as Clerk for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust and for two of the Weston family charities: the Reta Lila Howard Foundation and the Reta Lila Weston Trust for Medical Research.

Heidi Yorke

Associate Grants Assessor

Heidi has worked in the charity sector for over 30 years. Initially managing service delivery organisations, Heidi has a keen interest in asset-based community development and supporting the development of small community organisations.

More recently Heidi has worked in the grant-making sector for a wide range of funders, designing and managing grant programmes of varying sizes. Heidi is Grants Assessor for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust.
 
 
 

Nadja Singh

Clerk to Trustees

Nadja joined The Trust Partnership in the Spring of 2025, bringing a wealth of senior management and governance expertise from a diverse career spanning start-ups, multinationals, NGOs, and charities, both in the UK and internationally. With over three decades of experience, Nadja has driven transformative projects, managed millions in funding and lead impactful initiatives that have reshaped communities and organisations alike.

Nadja’s extensive background includes spearheading the refurbishment and relaunch of the Sub Rooms in Stroud, an award-winning venue recognised by the Performance Rights Society for its return to live music, as well as managing significant grants to establish maternal healthcare clinics across developing countries like Bangladesh.

Her proven ability to develop innovative strategies and foster collaborative teams will be instrumental in supporting our client foundations and enhancing the work of our administrators and accounts team.

Nadja remains deeply committed to the voluntary sector, currently serving as a Trustee for Strike A Light, an arts charity in Gloucester.