Downlands Trust

Registered charity 1126535 Registered since 2008

Operates: Croydon, Sutton, Surrey

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Elspeth Pringle since 2020
Geoffrey Haseler since 2019
Noreen Siba since 2018
Pamela Mascall since 2011
Peter Wakeham since 2019
Roger James Findlay
Sarah Milan since 2018

8.5y median 7.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Geoffrey Haseler since 2019
Noreen Siba since 2018
Pamela Mascall since 2011
Peter Wakeham since 2019
Sarah Milan since 2018

14.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Elspeth Pringle since 2020
Geoffrey Haseler since 2019
Noreen Siba since 2018
Pamela Mascall since 2011
Peter Wakeham since 2019
Roger James Findlay

Portfolio (1)

Sarah Milan since 2018

company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

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

Other services 7Retail and trade 2Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

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incomespending£1.1m latest income

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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

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

U3A - Banstead Area 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Underfall Yard Trust Similar size; both Environment
The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Limited Similar size; both Environment
Growing Space Similar size; both Environment
The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges Similar size; both Environment
Dandelion Time Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.downlandstrust.org.uk/
Email	downlandstrust@live.co.uk
Phone	02086423002
Address	89 Upland Road, SUTTON, Surrey, SM2 5JA

Finances

£1,089,977 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£59,416	£50,840
2022	£58,055	£42,842
2023	£50,725	£33,835
2024	£53,816	£55,730
2025	£1,089,977	£55,617

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ( BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY )TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JULY 2008 as amended on 22 Oct 2019

Trustees (7)

7trustees

78median age

6aged 70+

Elspeth Pringleage band 60-64 since 2020
Geoffrey Haselerage band 75-79 since 2019
Noreen Sibaage band 75-79 since 2018
Pamela Mascallage band 75-79 since 2011
Peter Wakehamage band 75-79 since 2019
Roger James Findlayage band 90-94
Sarah Milanage band 75-79 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

Downlands Trust · 06661092 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/07/2008

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

U3A - Banstead Area 1 shared trustee

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