The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Herpetological Conservation Trust

Registered charity 1109031 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

8.2y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance
6
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Education/training 4Other Charitable Purposes 4

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

Professional services 9Arts and leisure 8Education 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
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incomespending£383k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.arc-trust.org
Emailenquiries@arc-trust.org
Phone01202391319
AddressAmphibian & Reptile Conservation Tr, 744 Christchurch Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 6BZ

Finances

£383,267 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£338,629£378,085
2022£370,524£413,307
2023£378,595£421,434
2024£389,639£430,628
2025£383,267£425,681

What it does

What

AnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Other Finance

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CONSERVATION OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, THEIR HABITATS AND THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT ON WHICH THEY DEPEND;(2) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN HERPETOFAUNAL NATURE RESERVES AND TO UNDERTAKE HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND APPRECIATION OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN SUCH NATURE RESERVES;(3) TO EXECUTE, PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND PUBLISH RESEARCH RELEVANT TO SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PERTINENT TO AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES;(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(5) TO ADVANCE THE ABOVE MENTIONED OBJECTS IN THE BRITISH ISLES, EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 MARCH 2005 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 29 APRIL 2010 AND SCHEME DATED 28 MAY 2010.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
63median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Herpetological Conservation Trust · 05389839 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/03/2005

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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