Registered charity · Maidstone
Bearsted Woodland Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £38k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Richard AshnessChair
- Christian EspositoTrustee · since 2022
- Dena AshnessTrustee
- Kim MartinTrustee · since 2018
- Martin GrayTrustee · since 2021
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
- Kent
- Website
- www.bearstedwoodlandtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£38k£17k
- 2024£37k£25k
- 2023£28k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£17k£34k
- 2021£20k£15k
Charitable objects
(A) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE LAND KNOWN AS CHURCH LANDWAY, BEARSTED, KENT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE A PLACE OF EXERCISE AND RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF BEARSTED AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND VISITORS (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS) INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND THE ERECTION OF ANY BUILDINGS SUITABLE FOR OR ANCILLARY TO THESE PURPOSES; (B) IN THE INTERESTS OF CONSERVATION TO DEVELOP, CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ANIMALS AND PLANT LIFE AT CHURCH LANDWAY; (C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE BY THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ANIMALS AND PLANT LIFE AT CHURCH LANDWAY; AND (D) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- Richard Ashness Chair
- Christian Esposito since 2022
- Dena Ashness
- Kim Martin since 2018
- Martin Gray since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Kim Martin since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Richard Ashness Chair
- Christian Esposito since 2022
- Dena Ashness
- Kim Martin since 2018
- Martin Gray since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1103585
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 5 JANUARY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 2 APRIL 2004 as amended on 04 Nov 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01622730280 · richardashness@jardox.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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