Registered charity · Warrington
The Land Restoration Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £10m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anthony BickmoreTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Louise Brooke-SmithTrustee · since 2019
- Janet DugdaleTrustee · since 2017
- Jonathan IrvineTrustee · since 2019
- Michael Jonathan Read BishopTrustee · since 2023
- Patrick Anthony Richards AylmerTrustee · since 2017
- Rachel Althea Rodney HatfieldTrustee · since 2023
- Sandra KellyTrustee · since 2019
- Sarah Ingrid ChareTrustee · since 2023
- Simon Andrew RutmanTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Zena WardTrustee · since 2025
- Tom Knox WrightTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thelandtrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Land Restoration Trust
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10m£11m
- 2024£18m£10m
- 2023£11m£9.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£23m£9.1m
- 2021£10m£7.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ANDNATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INSOFAR AS MAY BECHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN OTHER PARTS OF TH EWORLD;3.2 TO CREATE, PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND/OR MAINTAIN, AND OWN OPEN SPACES, WOODLANDSAND FORESTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO BE USED AS AREAS OF INFORMALRECREATION, PLAY, SPORT OR OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSECONSISTENT WITH THIS OBJECT AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY ANYWHERE IN THEUNITED KINGDOM;3.3 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING ORWORKING ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;3.4 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OTHER WAYS OF BETTERCONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;3.5 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THEPRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEPRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE PROMOTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;3.6 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THEENVIRONMENT;(SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THEPRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWNNEEDS".)3.7 TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY SUPPORTING LOCALCOMMUNITY BASED GROUPS TO MAINTAIN OPEN SPACES, WOODLANDS AND FORESTS FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO BE USED AS AREAS OF INFORMAL RECREATION, PLAY OR OTHERLEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THIS OBJECT ANDFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.3.8 TO PROMOTE URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIALDEPRIVATION BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.8.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLYAMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITHWORK EXPERIENCE;3.8.2 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;3.8.3 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FORTHE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:3.8.4 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
Grants received
16 grants · £1,210,886 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 · £559,668 (10 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £482,300
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £158,918 (3 grants)
- Point North · £10,000
- Nesta ·
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Anthony Bickmore since 2017
- Dr Louise Brooke-Smith since 2019
- Janet Dugdale since 2017
- Jonathan Irvine since 2019
- Michael Jonathan Read Bishop since 2023
- Patrick Anthony Richards Aylmer since 2017
- Rachel Althea Rodney Hatfield since 2023
- Sandra Kelly since 2019
- Sarah Ingrid Chare since 2023
- Simon Andrew Rutman since 2023
- Susan Zena Ward since 2025
- Tom Knox Wright since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Bickmore since 2017
- Dr Louise Brooke-Smith since 2019
- Janet Dugdale since 2017
- Jonathan Irvine since 2019
- Patrick Anthony Richards Aylmer since 2017
- Sandra Kelly since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Dr Louise Brooke-Smith since 2019
- Jonathan Irvine since 2019
- Michael Jonathan Read Bishop since 2023
- Patrick Anthony Richards Aylmer since 2017
- Rachel Althea Rodney Hatfield since 2023
- Sandra Kelly since 2019
- Sarah Ingrid Chare since 2023
- Simon Andrew Rutman since 2023
- Susan Zena Ward since 2025
- Tom Knox Wright since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Anthony Bickmore since 2017
- Janet Dugdale since 2017
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
36.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 32.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1138337
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 MAR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 JAN 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 APR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUL 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 OCT 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 DEC 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 05077263 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01925852005 · enquiries@thelandtrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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