Registered charity · Somerset
The Somerset Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England
- 10 trustees
- Income £37k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Hugh WilliamsChair · since 2018
- Auberon James PurkissTrustee · since 2025
- Elizabeth Mary ParfittTrustee · since 2025
- Fletcher Freeland RobinsonTrustee · since 2017
- Ian Robertson CooperTrustee · since 2026
- Janette WardTrustee · since 2021
- Jenny RaggettTrustee · since 2023
- Julian MatthewsTrustee · since 2026
- Sarah HutchinsonTrustee · since 2022
- Vernon Phillip HughesTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.cpresomerset.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Somerset Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£37k£39k
- 2023£23k£23k
- 2022£24k£25k
Earlier years
- 2021£29k£24k
- 2020£29k£24k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE AND IN PARTICULAR THAT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND ITS TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND FOR THE BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT.
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 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
- Somerset Community Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
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
- Hugh Williams Chair since 2018
- Auberon James Purkiss since 2025
- Elizabeth Mary Parfitt since 2025
- Fletcher Freeland Robinson since 2017
- Ian Robertson Cooper since 2026
- Julian Matthews since 2026
- Janette Ward since 2021
- Jenny Raggett since 2023
- Sarah Hutchinson since 2022
- Vernon Phillip Hughes since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Hugh Williams Chair since 2018
- Fletcher Freeland Robinson since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Hugh Williams Chair since 2018
- Auberon James Purkiss since 2025
- Elizabeth Mary Parfitt since 2025
- Fletcher Freeland Robinson since 2017
- Ian Robertson Cooper since 2026
- Julian Matthews since 2026
- Janette Ward since 2021
- Jenny Raggett since 2023
- Sarah Hutchinson since 2022
- Vernon Phillip Hughes since 2021
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1100860
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 7TH MAY 2003. as amended on 25 Oct 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 04755482 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07553501437 · admin@cpresomerset.org.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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