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Registered charity · Devon

The Blackdown Hills Trust

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £51k (2025)

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
Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Devon, Somerset
Website
WWW.theblackdownhillstrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Blackdown Hills Trust
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£51k£56k
  • 2024£51k£53k
  • 2023£87k£103k
Earlier years
  • 2022£70k£65k
  • 2021£70k£50k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTIONAND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THEBLACKDOWN HILLS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTIONAND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OFSOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THEPUBLIC AT LARGE OR OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BYREASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ORSOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OFLIFE.

Grants received

1 grant · £39,100 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £39,100

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £39,1002011-10-05
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

11.3y median 11y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 4Other Charitable Purposes 3Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Dormant 3Retail and trade 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
2025
incomespending£51k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1138327
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/03/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/08/2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/2011
Companies House
Company number 07181053 · Active
Contact on the register
01823660764
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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