Registered charity · Dereham
Venture Farm CAT Rescue
- 4 trustees
- Income £186k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.venturefarm.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£186k£174k
- 2024£185k£247k
- 2023£156k£181k
Earlier years
- 2022£369k£149k
- 2021£159k£132k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF ALL ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Sylvia Hopwood Chair since 2014
- Hazel Geraldine Hatton since 2012
- Judith O'Brien since 2012
- Meryl Marshall since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Sylvia Hopwood Chair since 2014
- Hazel Geraldine Hatton since 2012
- Judith O'Brien since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Sylvia Hopwood Chair since 2014
- Hazel Geraldine Hatton since 2012
- Judith O'Brien since 2012
- Meryl Marshall since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1015098
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 2 SEPTEMBER 1992 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 21 MARCH 1997, 11 FEBRUARY 2007 AND 8 AUGUST 2008
- Contact on the register
- 01362850352 · venturefarm@virginmedia.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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