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Registered charity · Somerset

The Trails Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £49k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thetrailstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Trails Trust
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£49k£43k
  • 2024£56k£62k
  • 2023£61k£63k
Earlier years
  • 2022£27k£23k
  • 2021£80k£74k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 66%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING BRIDLEWAYS, BYWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, AND THE ADDITION OF NEW BRIDLEWAYS, BYWAYS OR OTHER PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

5 grants · £10,682 total

360Giving 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 · £6,841 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £3,841 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,0002007-06-19
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,3632006-11-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,3632006-11-16
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2,4782006-01-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,4782006-01-19
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.

8 trustees on the board

5.1y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Animals 1Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 10Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£49k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1094139
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/04/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/04/2015
Companies House
Company number 03637593 · Active
Contact on the register
07919120845 · rachel.thompson@mbzonline.net
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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