The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Country Trust

Registered charity 1122103 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

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 10Agriculture 2Professional services 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.9 in 2020

13 from 9 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.countrytrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@countrytrust.org.uk
Phone01245961049
AddressThe Country Trust, Moulsham Mill Centre, Parkway, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PX

Finances

£1,843,748 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£992,527£966,950
2022£1,206,639£1,397,117
2023£1,379,887£1,430,668
2024£1,549,244£1,550,177
2025£1,843,748£1,550,177

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

3.1 To promote study of and to disseminate knowledge of the earth and of all that lives in, upon and above it and in particular to promote study of and to disseminate knowledge of the land natural resources plants and living creatures and of Mankind's effect upon them; 3.2 To promote knowledge of and understanding of Mankind's natural cultural and architectural heritage and to protect preserve and stimulate public interest in and care for those matters; 3.3 To protect preserve enrich and stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty and character of the land and countryside; 3.4 To provide or promote the provision of facilities whereby the public in general and young persons in particular may gain access to the countryside and whereby they may be educated about the countryside in general and about matters concerning the countryside and the enjoyment thereof; 3.5 To promote sound learning about the importance of the land and is products to the whole of modern society; 3.6 To carry out such other legally charitable purposes as are necessary for the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 MAR 2016 as amended on 18 Sept 2025 as amended on 10 Dec 2025

Trustees (8)

8trustees
56median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Country Trust · 06436266 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/11/2007

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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