The Soil Association Land Trust

Registered charity 1121011 Registered since 2007

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 trustees on the board

2.3y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Fiona Jane Barton since 2017

20.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Fiona Jane Barton since 2017
Mark Tinsley since 2026
Richard Edward Leader since 2025
Vimal Narotam Bhana since 2025

Portfolio (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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Animals 2Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Agriculture 14Professional services 5Other services 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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£639k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Related organisations

The Soil Association Limited 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

Woodhorn Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Groundwork North East 1 shared trustee
The Joanna Herbert Stepney Charitable Settlement Also Known AS the Paget Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Northumberland National Park Foundation 1 shared trustee
Seale-Hayne Educational Trust 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.soilassociation.org/landtrust
Email	ldavis@soilassociation.org
Phone	0300 330 0100
Address	SOIL ASSOCIATION LAND TRUST, SPEAR HOUSE, 51 VICTORIA STREET, BRISTOL, BS1 6AD

Finances

£638,635 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,258,474	£73,078
2022	£130,956	£243,142
2023	£141,411	£393,822
2024	£331,465	£432,406
2025	£638,635	£654,209

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A) TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND PROTECT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE THROUGH THE PRUDENT MANAGEMENT AND HOLDING OF LAND AND THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION AND USE OF ORGANIC, TRADITIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES; ANDB) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SAME.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/05/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/01/2013

Trustees (8)

8trustees

62median age

1aged 70+

Michael William Ordeage band 65-69 Chair since 2025
Andrew Stanley Burgessage band 60-64 since 2024
Fiona Jane Bartonage band 60-64 since 2017
Joanna Cecil Herbert-Stepneyage band 80-84
Jonathan William Spencerage band 65-69 since 2024
Mark Tinsleyage band 60-64 since 2026
Richard Edward Leaderage band 50-54 since 2025
Vimal Narotam Bhanaage band 45-49 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

The Soil Association Land Trust · 06259578 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/05/2007

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

The Soil Association Limited 2 shared trustees
The Joanna Herbert Stepney Charitable Settlement Also Known AS the Paget Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Northumberland National Park Foundation 1 shared trustee
Students' Education Trust 1 shared trustee
Groundwork North East 1 shared trustee

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