Registered charity · Oxfordshire
Vale and Downland Beekeepers Association
- 9 trustees
- Income £10k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael Havard-BiltonChair · since 2015
- Andrew AlderTrustee · since 2022
- Andrew BurfordTrustee · since 2018
- Caroline Elizabeth SimmondsTrustee · since 2023
- Heather BurfordTrustee · since 2015
- Helen DavisonTrustee · since 2018
- John BroadbentTrustee · since 2018
- Richard MooreTrustee · since 2022
- Sheenagh BroadbentTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Berkshire, Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.valeanddownlandbees.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£11k
- 2024£8k£8k
- 2023£10k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£8k
- 2021£5k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO IMPROVE THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF APICULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Michael Havard-Bilton Chair since 2015
- Andrew Alder since 2022
- Andrew Burford since 2018
- Caroline Elizabeth Simmonds since 2023
- Heather Burford since 2015
- Helen Davison since 2018
- John Broadbent since 2018
- Richard Moore since 2022
- Sheenagh Broadbent since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Havard-Bilton Chair since 2015
- Andrew Burford since 2018
- Heather Burford since 2015
- Helen Davison since 2018
- John Broadbent since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Michael Havard-Bilton Chair since 2015
- Andrew Alder since 2022
- Andrew Burford since 2018
- Caroline Elizabeth Simmonds since 2023
- Heather Burford since 2015
- Helen Davison since 2018
- John Broadbent since 2018
- Richard Moore since 2022
- Sheenagh Broadbent since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1015801
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 OCTOBER 1992
- Contact on the register
- 01235523420 · chair@valeanddownlandbees.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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