Registered charity · Solihull
The Knowle Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel Susan MarstonChair · since 2020
- Alistair InnesTrustee · since 2020
- Andrew John MarstonTrustee
- Angela Christine BirdTrustee · since 2015
- David Arthur PinwellTrustee · since 2005
- David James BowerTrustee · since 2005
- David Michael FraleyTrustee · since 2020
- Dr David Norman WatsonTrustee · since 2011
- Leighton Towyn JonesTrustee · since 2005
- Maria Teresa BrownTrustee · since 2016
- Martin FortuneTrustee · since 2025
- William Leonard Charles BohannaTrustee · since 2022
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
- Solihull
- Website
- www.knowlesociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Knowle Society
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£42k
- 2024£15k£12k
- 2023£20k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£43k£25k
- 2021£114k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 28%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES IN GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR ADJACENT AREAS;3.2 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;3.3 TO PROMOTE A HIGH STANDARD OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO OPPOSE ANY INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENTS.3.4 TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS A THRIVING COMMUNITY.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rachel Susan Marston Chair since 2020
- Andrew John Marston
- Alistair Innes since 2020
- Angela Christine Bird since 2015
- David Arthur Pinwell since 2005
- David James Bower since 2005
- David Michael Fraley since 2020
- Dr David Norman Watson since 2011
- Leighton Towyn Jones since 2005
- Maria Teresa Brown since 2016
- Martin Fortune since 2025
- William Leonard Charles Bohanna since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Rachel Susan Marston Chair since 2020
- Angela Christine Bird since 2015
- David Arthur Pinwell since 2005
- David James Bower since 2005
- David Michael Fraley since 2020
- Dr David Norman Watson since 2011
- Leighton Towyn Jones since 2005
- Maria Teresa Brown since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Rachel Susan Marston Chair since 2020
- Andrew John Marston
- Alistair Innes since 2020
- Angela Christine Bird since 2015
- David Arthur Pinwell since 2005
- David Michael Fraley since 2020
- Dr David Norman Watson since 2011
- Leighton Towyn Jones since 2005
- William Leonard Charles Bohanna since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- David James Bower since 2005
- Maria Teresa Brown since 2016
- Martin Fortune 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1111085
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JULY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 25 AUGUST 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 05514023 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07962499911 · treasurer@knowlesociety.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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