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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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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 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

  • 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 £37,5002022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £67,4652022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £44,9852022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £140,4822021-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £4,7772021-04-01
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

5.3y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
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 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Amateur Sport 10Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Business services 12Finance 6Other services 4

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£10.3m 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.

36.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 32.4 in 2021

53 from 42 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.

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
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