Registered charity · Gerrards Cross
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum
- 11 trustees
- Income £577k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Michael William PienkowskiChair
- Alexander John RandallTrustee · since 2019
- Andrew John PearceTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Kathleen Mary McnaryTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Keith Joseph BensusanTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Nigel Robert Haywood CVOTrustee · since 2014
- Helena Fay BennettTrustee · since 2024
- Joan Lorraine WalleyTrustee · since 2020
- Leigh Sheridan MorrisTrustee · since 2023
- Myles Gavin DarrellTrustee · since 2024
- Sarita Violeta FrancisTrustee · since 2014
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Cyprus, Antarctica, Anguilla, Bermuda and more
- Website
- www.ukotcf.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£577k£521k
- 2024£721k£399k
- 2023£362k£338k
Earlier years
- 2022£266k£262k
- 2021£302k£273k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
[1] THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE CONSERVATION OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND OTHER WILDLIFE, THEIR NATURAL HABITANTS AND THE NEED FOR SUCH CONSERVATION PARTICULARLY IN THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDING PROMOTING AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH). [2] THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.
Grants received
7 grants · £285,155 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £250,155 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £35,000 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dr Michael William Pienkowski Chair
- Andrew John Pearce since 2022
- Alexander John Randall since 2019
- Dr Kathleen Mary Mcnary since 2015
- Dr Keith Joseph Bensusan since 2022
- Dr Nigel Robert Haywood CVO since 2014
- Helena Fay Bennett since 2024
- Joan Lorraine Walley since 2020
- Leigh Sheridan Morris since 2023
- Myles Gavin Darrell since 2024
- Sarita Violeta Francis since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexander John Randall since 2019
- Dr Kathleen Mary Mcnary since 2015
- Dr Nigel Robert Haywood CVO since 2014
- Joan Lorraine Walley since 2020
- Sarita Violeta Francis since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Michael William Pienkowski Chair
- Andrew John Pearce since 2022
- Dr Kathleen Mary Mcnary since 2015
- Dr Keith Joseph Bensusan since 2022
- Helena Fay Bennett since 2024
- Joan Lorraine Walley since 2020
- Leigh Sheridan Morris since 2023
- Myles Gavin Darrell since 2024
- Sarita Violeta Francis since 2014
Portfolio (2)
- Alexander John Randall since 2019
- Dr Nigel Robert Haywood CVO since 2014
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
10.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1058483
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 JUNE 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 23 JULY 1996, 30 SEPTEMBER 1998, 11 FEBRUARY 2003, 9 JULY 2003, 9 OCTOBER 2008 AND 11 DECEMBER 2008.
- Companies House
- Company number 03216892 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07778841233 · mpienkowski@ukotcf.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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