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Chafford Gorges Limited

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £215k (2024)

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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex
Website
www.essexwt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Chafford Gorges Limited
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£215k£209k
  • 2023£222k£193k
  • 2022£130k£119k
Earlier years
  • 2021£140k£109k
  • 2020£140k£96k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3A. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AFTER AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF: -(I) THE AREA KNOWN AS CHAFFORD HUNDRED GORGES COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES OF LAND IN THE BOROUGH OF THURROCK, ESSEX, INCLUDING WARREN GORGE, LION GORGE, GIBBS WOOD, WOULDHAM CLIFF, GRAYS GORGE, SANDMARTIN CLIFF AND ANY ADDITIONAL LAND THAT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THIS AREA;(II) THE WILDLIFE AND HABITATS OF THIS AREA;(III) THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THIS AREA;(IV) THE ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, HISTORICAL, BIODIVERSITY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC, GEOLOGICAL, AMENITY AND LANDSCAPE INTEREST OF THIS AREA,IN ANY AREA WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW.B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN:(I) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF AREAS LIKE CHAFFORD HUNDRED GORGES;(II) THE PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;(III) THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION,IN ANY WAYS WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW.

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.

4 trustees on the board

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4Recreation 3

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 5Arts and leisure 4Retail and trade 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£215k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1113511
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 JULY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 MARCH 2006
Companies House
Company number 05189256 · Active
Contact on the register
01621862960 · admin@essexwt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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