Registered charity · Marlborough
Action for the River Kennet
Action for the River Kennet is a registered charity (number 1120725) based in Marlborough, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Richard Clarke since 2016. Latest income £559k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £559k (2025)
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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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- West Berkshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- wwwkennetandpang.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£559k£513k
- 2024£196k£411k
- 2023£579k£505k
Earlier years
- 2022£673k£454k
- 2021£313k£166k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVER KENNET AND ITS TRIBUTARIES INCLUDING ADJACENT RIVER CATCHMENTS, ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, CORPORATIONS, SCHOOLS OR ANY ASSOCIATION, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN:A) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITYB) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENTC) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.
Grants received
31 grants · £1,126,335 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £584,683 (25 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £510,502 (3 grants)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £21,500 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,650
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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
- Richard Clarke Chair since 2016
- David Hill since 2021
- Judith Pauline Pitts since 2021
- Martin Gibson
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Clarke Chair since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Richard Clarke Chair since 2016
- Judith Pauline Pitts since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- David Hill since 2021
- Martin Gibson
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1120725
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19 JULY 2007.
- Contact on the register
- 01672 512700 · info@kennetandpang.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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