Registered charity · Gloucester
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Charles CoatsChair · since 2014
- Alexandra CottrellTrustee · since 2026
- Dr David Elliott DrewTrustee · since 2024
- Duncan McgawTrustee · since 2017
- Jasneet Kaur SethiTrustee · since 2023
- Micheal Sean MckeownTrustee · since 2026
- Owen LeeTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Alexander Lloyd-SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Roger GodwinTrustee · since 2022
- Stephanie Mary LayheTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.grcc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Gloucestershire Rural Community Council
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.2m
- 2024£1.8m£1.6m
- 2023£1.9m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.6m£1.4m
- 2021£1.5m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISABILITY. 2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
6 grants · £686,581 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £618,582 (4 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £67,999 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Charles Coats Chair since 2014
- Alexandra Cottrell since 2026
- Dr David Elliott Drew since 2024
- Duncan Mcgaw since 2017
- Jasneet Kaur Sethi since 2023
- Micheal Sean Mckeown since 2026
- Owen Lee since 2024
- Roger Godwin since 2022
- Robert Alexander Lloyd-Smith since 2023
- Stephanie Mary Layhe since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Coats Chair since 2014
- Duncan Mcgaw since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alexandra Cottrell since 2026
- Dr David Elliott Drew since 2024
- Duncan Mcgaw since 2017
- Jasneet Kaur Sethi since 2023
- Micheal Sean Mckeown since 2026
- Robert Alexander Lloyd-Smith since 2023
- Stephanie Mary Layhe since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Charles Coats Chair since 2014
- Owen Lee since 2024
- Roger Godwin since 2022
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.
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
2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1054282
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 APRIL 1996 as amended on 04 Dec 2018 as amended on 15 Dec 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 03181755 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01452528491 · info@grcc.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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