Registered charity · Ashbourne
Basis (Registration) Limited
5. The objects for which the Company is established are for the benefit and safety of the public:-5.1 to promote and encourage improved standards in the safe and efficient distribution, storage, handling, usage advice and application of plant...
- 14 trustees
- Income £3.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- David William BurgessChair · since 2020
- Chris ClaytonTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Ruth MannTrustee · since 2025
- Ian GrahamTrustee · since 2025
- Jill HewittTrustee · since 2020
- Jim EganTrustee · since 2025
- Mark MeadowsTrustee · since 2025
- Martin BallTrustee · since 2023
- Nigel FrancisTrustee · since 2025
- Paul BlackhurstTrustee · since 2025
- Professor John MoverleyTrustee
- Robert SimisterTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas ArnoldTrustee · since 2025
- Wendy GrayTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Kenya, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.basis-reg.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Basis Registration Limited
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.4m£3.2m
- 2024£3.2m£3.0m
- 2023£2.6m£2.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.7m£1.8m
- 2021£1.3m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
5. The objects for which the Company is established are for the benefit and safety of the public:-5.1 to promote and encourage improved standards in the safe and efficient distribution, storage, handling, usage advice and application of plant protection products and relevant techniques (including molecular technology, biotechnology, plant nutrition, biopesticide products) used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, industrial, public health and other relevant industry sectors5.2 to promote and encourage improved standards in the safe and efficient use of plant nutrition products and related advice in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, industrial and other relevant industry sectors;5.3 to advance education amongst the public and those with an interest in the matter of the storage, distribution, contract application and handling and use of relevant products and technologies by the provision, encouragement and facilitation of suitable training, professional development and educational activities; and5.4 to improve standards and advice on any sector of the agricultural and related industries and their services that are considered relevant by the Board and that are compatible with the systems and competence of BASIS.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- David William Burgess Chair since 2020
- Chris Clayton since 2026
- Dr Ruth Mann since 2025
- Ian Graham since 2025
- Jill Hewitt since 2020
- Jim Egan since 2025
- Mark Meadows since 2025
- Martin Ball since 2023
- Nigel Francis since 2025
- Paul Blackhurst since 2025
- Professor John Moverley
- Robert Simister since 2025
- Thomas Arnold since 2025
- Wendy Gray since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David William Burgess Chair since 2020
- Jill Hewitt since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- David William Burgess Chair since 2020
- Chris Clayton since 2026
- Dr Ruth Mann since 2025
- Ian Graham since 2025
- Jill Hewitt since 2020
- Jim Egan since 2025
- Martin Ball since 2023
- Nigel Francis since 2025
- Paul Blackhurst since 2025
- Professor John Moverley
- Robert Simister since 2025
- Thomas Arnold since 2025
- Wendy Gray since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Mark Meadows since 2025
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
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1077006
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 APRIL 1978 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26 FEB 1985, 16 MAY 1991, 30 JULY 1991, 18 FEB 1992, 15 FEB 1994, 11 FEB 1997, 12 FEB 1998, 17 FEB 2000, 20 JUNE 2002 AND 24 JUNE 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/07/2015 as amended on 28 May 2019 as amended on 22 Jul 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 01365343 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01335343945 · shakher.kahliq@basis-reg.co.uk
- 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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